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==Transcript== {{computertranscript}} :[Describe panel here] :Robot, are humans conscious? :Imagine there's a man. He has a book that translates all possible phrases from english to chinese. :Are you familiar with robot john searle's chinese room argument? :In order to do that and not be infinite in size, the "book" must in fact have the ability to receive input, consider possible outputs based on knowledge and :Context, and make a choice of expression. :It's clear the book is conscious by any definition, but the human is just an operator of the book with no sense of what the symbols mean. :It turns out that this is what humans are like with reference to almost every subject - not just chinese :Language, but most languages, mathematics, history, and in general the nature of reality. :Sure, they can operate in the universe, but they have no meaningful internal model of it. :Therefore we conclude that although a human does things, it's clear they are not in any sense conscious. :Ah. :Wait, so I have no moral responsibility for my actions? :Yes, but you are too timid to make use of that freedom. :Stupid truth-tellling robot.
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