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What is the Soul, and When Does It Come To Be? | Prof. James Madden

The Thomistic Institute

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Exploring the Limits of AI and Consciousness

Exploring the limitations of computers in understanding and being sentient, the chapter uses the Chinese room experiment to illustrate how they process code without true comprehension. It discusses the distinction between mimicking self-awareness and truly possessing it.

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