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9wzYQbTYsAIcyesterday at 1:00 PM2 repliesview on HN

Consciousness: do you believe plants are conscious? Ants? Jellyfish? Rabbits? Wolves? Monkeys? Humans?

Even fungi demonstrate “different communication behaviors when under resource constraint”, for example.

What we anthropomorphize is one thing, but demonstrable patterns of behavior are another.


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MajorTakeawaytoday at 2:15 AM

If it has a thalamus, it is conscious. It's evolutionary millions of years old.

suddenlybananasyesterday at 5:16 PM

I just don't know. I'm certain other humans are, everything beyond that I'm less certain. Monkeys wolves and rabbits, probably.

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