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by mensetmanusman 1113 days ago
"Well, that is being doubted -- and by some of the biggest names in the field."

An appeal to authority is still a fallacy. We don't even have a way of proving if a person is experiencing consciousness, why would anyone expect we could agree if a machine is.

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>An appeal to authority is still a fallacy

Which is neither here, nor there. I wasn't making a formal argument, I was stating a fact. Take it or leave it.