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That is proof of a survival instinct rather than sentience. Plenty of humans medically lack that survival instinct and while that might be because they’re suffe
by hnlmorg 4y ago
That is proof of a survival instinct rather than sentience. Plenty of humans medically lack that survival instinct and while that might be because they’re suffering from an acute medical condition, there’s no reason to assume that all other sentience has to develop that same instinct just because us biological beings evolved one to survive.
- akomtu 4y agoTrying to produce distilled smartness (AI) is like trying to extract waterness from water. Desire to exist, desire to understand (intelligence) and desire to act (will) come together in one package.
- hnlmorg 4y agoI doubt that personally. The real issue is that terms we use for intelligence, sentience, etc are all subjective. So what one might consider intelligent another might not. And thus we might never agree that something is sentient even long after we have androids serving on star ships (as has been a well discussed topic in TNG).