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intrepidity

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3. How can this really be tested, anyway?

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Jun 12, 2022, 01:27 PM

Jun 2022

I know there was that scene in Bladerunner about this, but I'm very skeptical that there is really a way to verify whether someone/thing is sentient.

Short of ticking a checkbox that say's "I am not a robot", that is.

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