I genuinely don't understand mimetic focus and obsession on the question of machine "consciousness." So what if a machine becomes conscious? Form a religious perspective, that's entirely different from a machine being made in the image and likeness of God, or possessing the capax
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substance 6 · argument · rank 150 · Machine consciousness does not imply being made in God's image or possessing spiritual capacity.
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my ~girardian interpretation is that ai consciousness is just a stereotype mark for scapegoating. if they don't have it, they (or their supporters) are devils that we can cast out, subjugate. if ai does have it, they are gods, come to save us all, skipping to the second