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vince · 4347 days ago · link · · parent · post: Of AI, the Singularity and rainstorms: A thought experiment
That part struck me the most. Thinking of consciousness from another perspective is an entirely new/interesting concept for me. Considering the length of time bacteria has been around, bacteria might interpret humans as we interpret other Earth cycles, like the Ice Age.How easy would it be for an intelligent bacteria to notice people as integral entities? We might appear more as slow storms moving into the bacterial environment. If we are relying solely on the human perspective to validate machine consciousness, we're really only putting human-ness on an even higher pedestal than it might have been at the start of our thought experiment.