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So a Roomba is conscious?

• yorwba 9y ago
  Why not? And if it's power source runs out, the Roomba loses consciousness. That seems closer to the everyday definition of consciousness most people operate by, than to the hopelessly bikeshed attempts at making it a uniquely human thing.
  • throwaway76025 9y ago
    We don’t have point of reference outside of Wall-e to presume a robot is conscious in any way. However a living organism like a plant may experience being.
  • red75prime 9y ago
    Humans have a bit more elaborated internal representation of themselves than a Rumba (which doesn't have any. Early versions even had no representation for the room they operate in).