> So if the disk isn't alive, the file on it isn't alive, the inference software is not alive - then what are you saying is alive and thinking?
“So if the severed head isn’t alive, the disembodied heart isn’t alive, the jar of blood we drained out isn’t alive - then what are you saying is alive and thinking?”
- Some silicon alien life forms somewhere debating whether the human life form they just disassembled could ever be alive and thinking
Just because you saw a "HA - He used an argument that I can compare to a dead human" does not make your argument strong - there are many differences from a file on a computer vs a murdered human that will never come back and think again.
“So if the severed head isn’t alive, the disembodied heart isn’t alive, the jar of blood we drained out isn’t alive - then what are you saying is alive and thinking?”
- Some silicon alien life forms somewhere debating whether the human life form they just disassembled could ever be alive and thinking