[matheusmoreira]

Who's to say you are conscious?

Only consciousness I'm sure of is my own. Everyone else, it's a leap of faith. I have no trouble extending that leap to cover AIs.

[willy_k]

Thats some silly intellectualism, people are conscious and machines aren’t. We don’t need precise definitions or scientific rigor to know things.

[matheusmoreira]

> people are conscious

Prove it.

> machines aren’t

Prove it.

> We don’t need precise definitions or scientific rigor to know things.

You "know" because of empathy. You're a human, you're conscious, therefore other humans are probably conscious too. The truth is for all you know they could be soulless golems, you just choose to believe otherwise. It's a spiritual belief.

[willy_k]

> It's a spiritual belief.

Yes. Thats part of human reality. Denying it is counterproductive at best.

[tengada1]

"What's it like to be a bat"