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Topic	Does consciousness, awareness = life? An A.I. question
adjl 03/29/24 12:13:38 AM #42:	Revelation34 posted... They don't consume energy because energy in that context is food. What sets glucose apart from gasoline, that one can be called food and the other can't? What is "food" in the colloquial sense if not just repackaged sunlight? Energy is energy. We get the vast majority of our energy in chemical form, but energy can be converted between different forms. There's no actual reason to think so narrowly about the concept of "energy" except to artificially narrow the definition of life to make sure machines can't qualify, and that just doesn't make logical sense. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:979619162] in Does consc... [t:80729135]...</cite> <quote>Revelation34 posted... </cite><quote>They don't consume energy because energy in that context is food.</quote>What sets glucose apart from gasoline, that one can be called food and the other can't? What is "food" in the colloquial sense if not just repackaged sunlight?Energy is energy. We get the vast majority of our energy in chemical form, but energy can be converted between different forms. There's no actual reason to think so narrowly about the concept of "energy" except to artificially narrow the definition of life to make sure machines can't qualify, and that just doesn't make logical sense. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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