I never claimed that these qualities are sufficient for consciousness—only that they are necessary. Since we don’t yet know the limits of consciousness, I would argue that any attempt to define it outright is premature.
Haley Moller
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A.I. and the Second-Person Standpoint
I hope you are right! Thanks for the recommendation.
Extreme cases are often the best way to expose the limits of an argument. And as for your claim about brains and consciousness, correlation is not causation.