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Elon Musk: Neuralink, AI, Autopilot, and the Pale Blue Dot

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Can You Tell the Difference Between a Computer or an AI?

In order for an AI system that needs to all think us in every way, it also needs to have a capacity to have consciousness, self-awareness, and understanding. That's different from consciousness. I mean, it means what consciousness feels like. It feels like consciousness is in a different dimension. But this could be just an illusion. If you damage your brain in some way physically, you damage your consciousness,. which implies that consciousness is a physical phenomenon. And we'll suddenly be able to simulate what we consider consciousness. So, to a degree, you would not be able to tell the difference. From the aspect of the scientific method, it might as well be consciousness if we can simulate

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