Are they already emerging as conscious as complexity rises?
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Or, do we need to ask pointed questions about limitations of computation, oracle machines and Smithian cybernetic loops with two tier controllers [can we have an oracle there?]?
Does a fancy Si Rubber face — like those used for many years in Sci Fi flicks — make a difference?
Smith:

Or,

Well, do rocks . . . even sophisticated, doped Si rocks . . . dream?

And, what does all of this tell us about the potential for design? END