>>12362976Unthinking machines to conscious beings, if that dichotomy truly exists, is a continuum (more of a web with wiggly lines than a single straight line), not discrete.
It's much like the question of
>when is an embroy or fetus a human being deserving of legal rightsThere is no answer that doesn't select an arbitrary point. The best we can do is select a point far enough to one side of the continuum and say "this is definitely an example of a conscious being (like a human)" vs another point which is definitely not (like an insect)
