there is a special place in hell for these scientists

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/39484942

Blåhaj Lemmy - Choose Your Interface

Raises uncomfortable questions about consciousness. The only difference between these neurons and your own are the number of them and the structures they form. Of course it doesn’t know what it’s doing, but… Neither do our own neurons
I mean it’s the same question we’ve been asking all our lives about the animals, fetuses and now AI. When does it stop being a flowchart and start being a consciousness.