François Chollet on Twitter: "I think what humans mean by "soul" is formally "that which is not me, yet mirrors what I am". As such, only humans capable of empathy have souls, and advanced mammals have part of a soul, as we can recognize ourselves in some of their emotions and behaviors."

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1. François Chollet‏Verified account @fchollet 18 Sep 2018
  This is closely tied to the consciousness hypothesis: we would only assume consciousness in agents that mirror ourselves, as we can only be certain of our own consciousness
  
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1. Guillermo Valle‏ @guillefix 18 Sep 2018
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  If it's "something which is not me", how can I have it? What is "me" anyways?
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1. John Wheeler‏Verified account @barleyscotch 18 Sep 2018
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  That‘s a very empathetic view of a “soul.“ There are a lot of people who mean, “My consciousness and ego, apart from my physical body, which survives my body (and never dies).“ I agree that your definition is rational, but the self-interested version isn‘t interested in reason.
  
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1. Priti Moudgill‏ @PritiMoudgill 18 Sep 2018
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  My soul = the me-ness of me. Your soul = the you-ness of you. For lesser beings: our willingness to assign them souls depends on mirroring. & I see the link to consciousness since it is also the me-ness of me. But “that which is not me...?” Artificial constraint? & context? #AI?
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1. Aaron Hosford‏ @AaronHosford 18 Sep 2018
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  Where does this leave hyper-empathetic autistics? Or hypo-empathetic sociopaths? Do you think some people have more "soul" than others?
  
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1. elvis‏ @omarsar0 18 Sep 2018
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  Too vague also too good! :)
  
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1. Sergio Hernández Cerezo‏ @EntropyFarmer 19 Sep 2018
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  Can not agree. An isolated human can grow not knowing about empathy and still be conscious and have a soul. Sheldom Cooper has its own little soul too! https://goo.gl/images/yTxriU
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1. Matteo Mazzola‏ @chumpblocckami 19 Sep 2018
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  Me = my brain (Cartesio), so we can't speak about soul as a different thing
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