Sentience is a philosophy question, not a neuroscience question. Neuroscientists and computer programmers owe the world a lot more than “this model behaves somewhat like neurons” to be convincing that a computer simulation actually experiences.
Yes we’re getting to the point that the dismissal can’t just be automatic, but exclaiming “you can’t prove I’m wrong” isn’t much of a basis for defending your position with you can only defend otherwise with shallow similarities.
Yes we’re getting to the point that the dismissal can’t just be automatic, but exclaiming “you can’t prove I’m wrong” isn’t much of a basis for defending your position with you can only defend otherwise with shallow similarities.