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To: goldworldnet who wrote (254173)6/12/2008 9:21:35 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 793896
 
Whether or not they can be alive depends on your definition for alive/life, and even for "machine" (because machines can be made with organic, even biological parts, that might even be considered living by some of the definitions of life). Life isn't clearly defined. Its more a "I know it when I see it" thing, thats usually clear except at the edges (is a virus alive? , if so is it only alive when its functioning in another cell, or is it always alive but just dormant at times?, is an infectious prion alive?)

But ignoring the complexities of the semantics, for the sake of argument I'll assume machines can not be alive.

OK, so than the computers are not alive. But I wasn't talking about "alive", I was talking about sentient AI.

You seem to make the implicit assumption that "non life", and not equal "sapient and sentient". I see no reason to make that assumption.
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