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But if you weren't one of them, would you be able to tell that they had emotions (and not just simulations of emotions) by looking at them from the outside?

>>in-sil+(OP)
If I wasn’t one of them I wouldn’t care. It’s like caring about trees having branches. They just do. The trees probably care a great deal about their branches though, like I care a great deal about my emotions.

>>illiac+l3
Well some people appreciate the world around them, and would care about it just as they care about trees having branches.

>>in-sil+c6
Some people definitely, but you made a point that you don’t. People are “biomolecular machines” and they are “useful, sure”.

I wouldn’t call that “appreciating the world around oneself”.

Want that your whole point, that people aren’t better than machines?

>>illiac+aS
Yes, my point was that people aren't better than machines, but just because I don't exceptionalize humanity doesn't mean I don't appreciate it for what it is (in fact I would argue that the lack of exceptionality makes us more profound).

>>in-sil+rT
I wouldn't proclaim a lack of exceptionality until we get human level AI. There could still be some secrets left in these squishy brains we carry around.