... probably a continuum, and multi-dimensional, or "fractal" as you say. Comment from Rajiv Ayyangar(@rajiv_ayyangar): hot take: The concept of consciousness has always struck me as a problematic term. A moving goalpost that we use to delineate human and non-human creatures and redefine whenever we feel threatened. The fact that it's difficult to measure and describe consciousness, and that consciousness is an unnecessary concept when reasoning deeply about thinking machines, suggests that maybe to discard ...