How much is a human worth?

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highwaystar101 said:

IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

I used that link because you wouldn't believe me, not because of lack of understanding. If even a professor can't convince you then you must be the definition of stubborn itself.

With all due respect, I think the point here is that a computer is essentially a device that can crunch numbers using a pre-determined logic and nothing more. It's that fundamental structure of computing that prevents it from being sentient.

That's not to say we could never create a sentient machine, we could in the future. But said machine would likely be so far removed from the definition of a computer that it would not even bare that name.

It would be like calling an electric heater a "candle".

I'm not sure if you followed the whole discussion, but I pretty much mentioned that earlier saying "We do not only improve the performance of our cars, we also invent planes."

But yeah, I still completely agree. Calling a self-conscious computer a "computer" would be disparaging.