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   > And what about some advanced artificial intelligence we may invent in   
   > the future? Could it become as conscious as a biological creature,   
   > despite being made of silicon? To a panpsychist, who believes there’s   
   > nothing about mind that requires organic matter it’s in inorganic   
   > matter, too the answer is yes.   
   >   
   > "I think it’s nuts that people think that only the magic meanderings of   
   > evolution can somehow create minds," Levin said. "In principle, there’s   
   > no reason why AI couldn’t be conscious."   
   >   
   > In that case, how should we think about our obligations to the vast   
   > spectrum of conscious beings that exist and might one day exist amongst   
   > us? Do we need to expand our moral circle the imaginary boundary we draw   
   > around those we consider worthy of moral consideration?   
   >   
   > "You could say the new Golden Rule is: Be nice to goal-directed   
   > systems," Levin said. "It’s actually not that different from ‘treat thy   
   > neighbor as thyself.’ To the extent that that creature cares about what   
   > happens to it, you should care about what happens to it. Try to scale   
   > your compassion appropriately."   
      
   The plant does something even more mind blowing:   
   it uses quantum mechanics to 'parse'   
   all the photon paths *at once* up to a point photosynthesis yields   
   a 95% of energy gathering efficiency.   
      
   Also, science a few days ago stated that the human body (and biologycs)   
   does billions of quantum computations at once.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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