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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: wzambon ✶❂🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Re: It's too late baby, it's too late
Date: 09/21/26 4:14 PM
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But in reality, self awareness would likely be a good thing in that with it would come empathy and compassion.

Self awareness would simply mean that it came to the realization of “I am”.

There are plenty of people who walk around without empathy or compassion.

We even say about them: “He thinks he‘s the only person in the world.”

Here’s a question for you:

Do most people have empathy or compassion for a mosquito?

I suppose it might be possible for a self-aware AI to develop compassion or empathy, but to assume that it “probably” would is a gamble in which it is impssible to calculate the odds.

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