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If the best the roboticists can hope for is the creation of some crude, cheesy, second-rate, artificial consciousness, they still win.

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Daniel Dennett
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 28
Cognitive Scientist
Philosopher
Professor
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Daniel Clement Dennett III
Daniel Clement Dennett
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