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EncomLab ◴[] No.43612568[source]
This is like claiming a photorestor controlled night light "understands when it is dark" or that a bimetallic strip thermostat "understands temperature". You can say those words, and it's syntactically correct but entirely incorrect semantically.
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robotresearcher ◴[] No.43612689[source]
You declare this very plainly without evidence or argument, but this is an age-old controversial issue. It’s not self-evident to everyone, including philosophers.
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1. fwip ◴[] No.43613278[source]
Philosophers are often the last people to consider something to be settled. There's very little in the universe that they can all agree is true.