I read a quote just now which ABSOLUTELY fit most Libs on this board, and those i've met in real life, IF tweaked slightly:


Professor Kevin Warwick, a cyberneticist at the university, said: "I would say now that machines are conscious, but in a machine-like way, just as you see a bat or a rat is conscious like a bat or rat, which is different from a human. I think the reason Alan Turing set this game up was that maybe to him consciousness was not that important; it's more the appearance of it, and this test is an important aspect of appearance."
My take:


Professor Kevin Warwick, a cyberneticist at the university, said: "I would say now that Liberals are conscious, but in a machine-like way, just as you see a bat or a rat is conscious like a bat or rat, which is different from a reasonable, rational, free-thinking human. ... maybe...to Liberals consciousness isn't that important; it's more the appearance of it..."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...intelligenceai