Fair, but in comparison I'd argue a thermostat is more intelligent than a rudimentary calculator for the reason of how it responds to and senses its environment.
This question is rather vague to begin with. The concept of life is an empty concept without the form that accompanies it.
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I'm just wondering how you cash out natural consciousness. Is it something that photons have?
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No druj, do you think I'm some sort of rock-mongering panpsychist?
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I understand life, in its simplest form, as self replicating information. So crystals, viruses, etc are some of the basest forms of life... All this suggests how technology, through human genetics and memetics, is emerging as the 7th kingdom of life.
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