> I think this is what I believe i.e. that animals and humans are just evolved machines, with no divine spark. I think so, too. It seems to me that a fundament

> I think this is what I believe i.e. that animals and humans are just evolved machines, with no divine spark. I think so, too. It seems to me that a fundamental intelligent activity is the act of "association" - associating two stimuli that occur at the same time/sequentially, which is what NNs already do (I suppose?).