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Relation to the world· Mind and consciousnessnamed middle

Not by program alone

Axis: Can a machine thinkCould a machine ever truly think?

Running a program will never be thinking: simulating understanding is not understanding. But nothing rules out that an artifact might think one day, if it reproduces what matters: the causal powers of the living brain, or a body's engagement with a world.

This position is still lightly documented.