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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An Alarming Number of Gen Z Ai Users Think It's Conscious⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “Corporations are people too, friend!” - Mitt Romney

  Bringing in the underlying concept of free will. Robert Sapolsky makes a very compelling case against it in his book, Determined.

  Assuming that free will does not exist, at least not to the extent many believe it to. The notion that we can >walk back the why’s pretty easy to identify anyone’s motivation> becomes almost or entirely absolute.

  Does motivation matter in the context of determining sentience?

  If something believes and conducts itself under its programming, whether psychological or mental, that it is sentient and alive, the outcome is the same.

  It was good talking with you! Highly recommend the book above. I did the audiobook out of necessity during my commute and some of the material makes it better for hardcopy.