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Is the mind the same as the body? What is consciousness? Can machines have it?

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Substance + active growth = plant
--> sentience
Plant + free movement = animal
--> consciousness
Animal + theory of mind = person
--> prediction
Person + rationality = homo superior

These are the emergent attributes of complex sentience: Advanced noticing is called consciousness. Advanced caring is called ethics.
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