AI Consciousness Debate: People Are Rediscovering Centuries-Old Philosophical Paradoxes
burny_tech · x · 2026-10-02
unixpickle remarks that many people are rediscovering basic paradoxes philosophers have pondered for centuries. The quoted exchange poses a thought experiment: if I do all the calculation by hand with pen and paper, will I create an entity that feels pain? This touches the core debate over AI consciousness and computational functionalism.
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