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		Tijdreiziger on Jan 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI Is Not a Horse Au contraire, the leap of logic is assuming that computer programs could never be sentient. We simply don’t have any proof either way, so we have to assume the possibility.

avgcorrection on Jan 23, 2023 [–]

Sorry about the blase reply, then.

> Au contraire, the leap of logic is assuming that computer programs could never be sentient.

That’s not quite what I meant. I don’t categorically dismiss the possibility.

> We simply don’t have any proof either way, so we have to assume the possibility.

Like God?

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