@mattdm then you only need deep mimicry. It is a matter of scale. But that in order to display intelligence you need a brain, well, I'd even say that it is a an unfalsifiable statement.

@mattdm in certain tasks they do, in other not yet, and they might never do. But still, the aim is the same. You don't need to imitate a brain to show intelligent behavior. You only need to show intelligent behavior. How you do it it does not matter.

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They do not need to be a simplified-but-actual digital representation of the human brain. They just need to behave like one.

@mattdm they don't need to