He did answer that question, and his answer is weird.
He says "a simulation of digestion isn't real digestion, and a simulation of thought isn't real thought. A machine may be able to provide a perfect simulacrum of thinking in every respect, but it isn't really thinking; it's just simulated thinking."
It makes me think of the idea that some subset of humanity don't have souls...
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Date: 2002-12-11 07:56 am (UTC)He says "a simulation of digestion isn't real digestion, and a simulation of thought isn't real thought. A machine may be able to provide a perfect simulacrum of thinking in every respect, but it isn't really thinking; it's just simulated thinking."
It makes me think of the idea that some subset of humanity don't have souls...