Since consciousness comes from the soul, a living being, computers can never have concsiousness, I totally agree. For some reason some people want us to think this is possible. Why? Because they want us to think that people are merely machines. Then it’s okay to treat us like machines!
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I believe you are exactly right, LJ.
This is very apparent in the business world, where humans are treated as the parts of the process that haven't been replaced yet.
But to get them ready for replacement, their job has to be redefined (dumbed down) such that a computer (or robot) could do it.
I really think this is the disaster we are careening towards, not self-aware robots but the marginalization of (superior to machines!) human intelligence.
Best description/explanation of why the idea of a consciousness in computers is foisted on us. Justification for all the craziness of the DS.