[ExI] Digital Consciousness .

[Gordon]

spike,

> A chess program is not conscious, but it creates some gooooorgeous combinations that feel like an iron fist reached out of the computer and grabbed you by the ass.  

I understand exactly what you mean, spike. Chess programs seem like they know exactly what they are doing. They are masters of the game. 

But in reality they are like my watch. My watch tells me the time accurately, but I'm pretty sure it has no idea what the time is.

-Gordon
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