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The capacity for 'true understanding' located in living tissue; invoked when discussing hybrid systems and what living tissue contributes that pure machines may lack
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- what does it mean for a biological human, with her network of excitable cells and soup of neurotransmitters, to 'understand'?associated_withCentral interrogative challenging the distinction between AI symbol-shuffling and genuine biological understanding
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