[int_19h]

One of the major reasons why this all is heavily debated, including by those not in the field at all, is because if those things are really capable of human-like reasoning, it leads to answers for some commonly asked philosophical questions on the nature of human conscience, intellect etc that many people find difficult to accept.

[pontus]

Yeah, from a philosophical perspective these are interesting questions to ponder, but my impression of these comments is less that people are pondering the depth of consciousness and more that they're trying to be contrarian / naysayers.