> we grew fairly attached to the one my coworker was growing
This tickles me. One interpretation of the “when is it conscious” question is it’s really asking “when do we start to care about it,” and I love that the answer for humans is often “as soon as we start spending time with it.”
> It's funny but some technologies have a way of going from "sci-fi" to "ho-hum" quickly
I’m a programmer working in biotech, and the things that have become de rigor in the field are the stuff of sci-fi from a decade ago. It’s incredible.
This tickles me. One interpretation of the “when is it conscious” question is it’s really asking “when do we start to care about it,” and I love that the answer for humans is often “as soon as we start spending time with it.”
> It's funny but some technologies have a way of going from "sci-fi" to "ho-hum" quickly
I’m a programmer working in biotech, and the things that have become de rigor in the field are the stuff of sci-fi from a decade ago. It’s incredible.