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        Date: 2026-06-26 15:46:40+00:00
        From: James Rovira <jamesrovira@gmail.com>
        Subject: Re: [Humanist] 40.70: repetition's point

Thanks for the reply, Tim. Just to clarify, can you repeat the first kiss
that you ever had from anyone? Are subsequent first kisses from any number
of partners comparable to that first kiss ever?

I don't think we can overstate the qualitative difference between inorganic
machine intelligence and organic human intelligence. We need two different
words -- using the same word is linguistic sleight of hand. It's
equivocation every single time.

I also think we can somewhat understand why that is so:

https://medium.com/@jamesrovira/why-sentient-machines-will-never-
exist-078fdb325b91

Jim R


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