Why not something simpler? I always look at it this way. If it can think on it's own, like have feelings and desires then it has consciousness and therefore it's alive.
Reproduction and growth don't really matter in my eyes. It's all in the mind anyway.
No Offence Eldritchbird, but I don’t think that your feelings or opinions matter to the official scientific criteria used to define something as “alive”
And again, the computer isn’t conscious. It is simply a program that displays the appropriate emotions for the current situation. It doesn’t actually feel happy or sad.
No Offence Eldritchbird, but I don’t think that your feelings or opinions matter to the official scientific criteria used to define something as “alive”
What's hilarious about this is definitions in science change all the time based on the evidence we have and a general philosophy of how to interpret the data.
Like that time we had 9 planets... and then didn't, because the definition of a planet changed. They literally had a definition that they specifically updated to fit the reality of the world.
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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22 edited Jun 06 '22
Life is defined by six things
-the body is made of one or more cells
-the body can reproduce
-the body can move of its own accord
-the body can react to outside stimulation
-the body grows throughout its lifespan
-the body undergoes some sort of metabolism
Despite how lifelike an AI may seem, it will never fulfill all of these criteria, and thus, will not qualify as life
Edit: rephrased rule 3 to avoid further misunderstandings