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Powerful_Range_4270 t1_irsg1u1 wrote

Reply to comment by sumane12 in Why does everyone assume that AI will be conscious? by Rumianti6

We should never assume anything is consciousness unless it's useful. Why would believing in that the food that we eat us is consciousnessly aware that it going to be eaten be helpful.

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sumane12 t1_irsvffs wrote

While I agree with what your saying, I think your example is lacking slightly. To consider food we are eating as conscious, could mean many things, but I'm assuming you're anthropomorphising the food to fear and not want to be eaten, and it makes sense that would not be the kind of consciousness food would have. Either way, I still agree, it doesn't benefit us to assume anything is conscious until it gives us a reason to think so

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