Let's try a proof by contradiction: begin by assuming that potatoes have the ability to think, then derive a contradiction using logical inferences.
If a potato had the ability to think it would find my personality respulsive, as any thinking creature does.
If a potato found me repulsive, they would do everything in their power to locomote away from me, or at the least not attempt to take root.
Based on the potatoes that I purchased at the supermarket last week and forgot about, I can say that potatoes will attempt to take root in my presence, a fact incompatible with sentience. We've arrived at a contradiction, therefore potatoes lack sentience.
If only we could cozzen the oligarchs into thinking that potatoes are a better source of power for the A.I. data centers, we could avoid a 'Matrix' style dystopia.
Is it being self-aware? Is it responding to stimuli? Is it having brainwaves, or just a brain?
Then you have to ask if thought is something we would always recognize. Could something think in a way that is totally recognizable to us but is still thought? Do computers think? Why or why not?
Let's try a proof by contradiction: begin by assuming that potatoes have the ability to think, then derive a contradiction using logical inferences.
If a potato had the ability to think it would find my personality respulsive, as any thinking creature does.
If a potato found me repulsive, they would do everything in their power to locomote away from me, or at the least not attempt to take root.
Based on the potatoes that I purchased at the supermarket last week and forgot about, I can say that potatoes will attempt to take root in my presence, a fact incompatible with sentience. We've arrived at a contradiction, therefore potatoes lack sentience.
Try to create a potato-powered AI. It will be as smart as the average human being.
If only we could cozzen the oligarchs into thinking that potatoes are a better source of power for the A.I. data centers, we could avoid a 'Matrix' style dystopia.
First you have to define what "think" is.
Is it being self-aware? Is it responding to stimuli? Is it having brainwaves, or just a brain?
Then you have to ask if thought is something we would always recognize. Could something think in a way that is totally recognizable to us but is still thought? Do computers think? Why or why not?
That’s your answer right there—just define thinking as whatever a potato doesn’t.
EEG?
Just start talking.
You're mom won't have sex with them.
Anything can be a dildo if you're brave enough.