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At the very least it needs to be able to describe it's qualia without me having to prompt for it.

• superb-owl 4y ago
  Why should it have to be able to describe its qualia at all? A dog can't. By the magic of empathy I can _infer_ what a dog is feeling, but its only through similarity to myself and other humans. If we met a pre-linguistic alien species, it's likely we wouldn't be able to infer _anything_ about their internal state.
  • ThrowawayTestr 4y ago
    By that logic how do you know rocks aren't sentient?
    • superb-owl 4y ago
      That's the thing! You don't! Conversely, there's no way for me to know that you _are_ sentient (a la Solipsism).