[jakobson14]

Looks like you've fallen right into the corollary.

It's absurd to expect self-awareness in some system just because its parts are similar to the parts of other self-aware systems you're familiar with.

[kragen]

yes, i agree that it is absurd to expect human corpses or bologna to be self-aware? i have occasionally seen small children make that error

[jakobson14]

Nice dodge, but I'm referring to the dumb data-structures mimicking sentient human words.

[kragen]

human-written words are not self-aware; they're just inert ink on paper, or the equivalent in other media. i've never seen even a small child make that error before. if you wrote that in earnest, you seem to be suffering from a bad kind of confusion and may need medical attention