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danaris 2 hours ago

No, but there are some hard prerequisites—that is to say, there may be some fuzzy territory in the middle, but we can say with certainty that, say, a stone is not conscious, and that we are. (And no, I don't give a drop of credit or time to the philosophical arguments that say we might not be.)

When 99% of the world talks about "what sci-fi AI can do", they mean "it has the consciousness of a human, but with the strengths of a computer" (with varying strengths depending on the sci-fi work, but generally massive processing capability and control over various computerized devices). You might mean "I gave my Claude agents control over pod bay doors and my CI/CD processes! Thus, they are more capable than the classic sci-fi AI!", but if all you say is the last part, you are being actively misleading.