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Social media post questions AI sentience with garden rock analogy

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A social media post humorously questions the notion of AI having feelings, comparing it to a pet garden rock that appears to react to rain. The post uses this analogy to emphasize the importance of common sense when discussing artificial intelligence sentience. AI

RANK_REASON Social media post with a humorous analogy, not a substantive news event.

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Social media post questions AI sentience with garden rock analogy

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    To amanda askell, # AI has feelings = my pet garden rock has feelings because it cries tears when it rains which dry up when it's sunny signed, common sense

    To amanda askell, # AI has feelings = my pet garden rock has feelings because it cries tears when it rains which dry up when it's sunny signed, common sense

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