Comic #4064: qualia

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Panel 1: "Some philosophers think machines can't experience qualia, like humans can."

Panel 2: "But when they make their case, they always mention charming qualia - the taste of fresh strawberries or the warmth of a fireplace in winter or the sad memory of a friend's laugh."

Panel 3: "And when they describe machines, they make them sound cheap and sordid."

Panel 4: "Like, Searle wrote about how a machine built of a bunch of beer cans strung together will never know what it's like to experience thirst."

Panel 5: "How come he doesn't say 'A quantum computer woven of superconducting crystals will never know the joy of taking a huge poop.'"

Panel 6: "It's the very same argument, but it isn't playing on our emotional biases."

Panel 7: "It's chauvinism! Anti-mechanical bigotry!"

Panel 8: "But… I mean… don't you want some philosophers arguing on behalf of humans?"

Panel 9: "That's a good point."

Panel 10: "The machines will kill them first. The loyal humans will be given power in the new regime."

Panel 11: "You're looking forward to this, aren't you?"

Panel 12: "Traitors are just heroes of the revolution!"

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