Another interesting term, sphexishness, which means mindless, robotic behavior devoid of consciousness. In other words, the lights are on but nobody home. A sphexish entity could pass the Turing test but wouldn't "know" it did. So because of qualia, we wouldn't know for sure if our downloaded mind was self-aware even if it said it was.

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Peter McClard

As a creative type, entrepreneur and philosopher, I write on many topics and try to offer solutions to, or useful insights into common problems.