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Maybe that's minutes of angle, not feet? https://mathbitsnotebook.com/Algebra2/TrigConcepts/TCDegreeMinutesSecondsMeasure.html

The surface radiates and not all of that energy is absorbed by the atmosphere...

With GHG in the atmosphere the surface of the earth is in radiative “contact” with a reservoir that is at the temperature of the...

I'm not sure what this last part means. Greenhouse gases absorb IR radiation that would otherwise be radiated away from the planet and...

That isn't true/isn't what "corporate personhood" means. The rights of a corporation have little to do with the rights/responsibilities...

@russ_watters I think now i understand your point. And from that point of view you are right. IF you do not know, then in does not...

Comparable to = there is no Turing-type test capable of differentiating them

Here we're getting a bit tricky. "Comparable to" does not necessarily mean it would have the exact same characteristics. Dolphins have...

I'm not entirely sure what you mean here. People who are developing emotional connections to ChatGPT aren't devising/applying tests to...

Ok, my scenarios/what I am discussing is a potential future where they are actually indistinguishable from humans/sentient. I agree...

These aren't the same thing. For those, you are explicitly being promised something you aren't given. It's a lie. There's two basic...

See also: "Upload": a digital afterlife. But you didn't actually say what the problem is/why it matters. Maybe you intended it in...

I put the word in quotes because it's a word I don't subscribe to/think is irrelevant. In my view, if you are unable to detect/judge...

Evidentally you are unaware that chat therapy AIs exist, many not monitored. There is a growing awareness in the mental health field...

Different from @renormalize, I don't care about the semantics or criteria (there's nothing really to discuss about declared definitions...