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It is unclear whether a digital emulation of a person could ever be conscious, even in principle.

Drawn from what Jacob Falkovich said

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AI sentience Whether there is anything it is like to be one of these systems, and whether the question is even well posed.

consciousness What it is for there to be something it is like to be a system, and whether that can be measured.

Can a machine be conscious?under our view: Nobody knows what consciousness is, so whether a machine has it is unclear even in principle

What Jacob Falkovich actually said

  1. Jacob Falkovich Writer of the blog Putanumonit and the newsletter Second Person
    But it is not clear at all that such a being could even exist in principle.

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