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this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2024
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, unlike the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals, which involves consciousness and emotionality. The distinction between the former and the latter categories is often revealed by the acronym chosen.
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I mean, we ourselves are just electronic meat machines (with millions of years worth of fine-tuning).
I'm sure that'll happen at some point in the future, if we manage to not destroy ourselves and/or the planet by then.
There's a Sci-fi horror book I enjoyed, called "John Dies At The End", that posits an alternative history in which computers were created from the brains of pigs.
As a consequence, the civilization is heavily invested in harvesting organs in the same way that we're invested in drilling for oil.