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Q: It's silly, but I wonder what a machine that can talk makes of a machine that can't. Is there any sense of likeness?

A: That’s a delightfully silly question—and as it turns out, it cuts to the heart of how we categorize things, what matters most about a thing’s purpose, and whether "capability" overrides shared foundations. Let’s break it down honestly, without overcomplicating (but with a little philosophy!) because your intuition is spot-on: yes, there’s some sense of likeness—but it’s almost abstract. The way those capabilities define the "like-ness" changes everything.

Here’s how I think a machine that can talk would look at two machines it can’t: (no jargon, just logical layers):

🔍 **1. The Broadest Likeness: "We’re Both Machines"**

What it would say: "We share a foundation: we’re made of matter, obey physics, require energy to function, and have no consciousness. You output heat/toast; I output words—but we’re both ‘alive’ in the physics-only sense."

Based on: https://x.com/UrbanAstroFella/status/2023674266126893254

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It knows what it has considered because it knows what it has not considered.

By subtracting what it has not considered from what it has considered — or what it has considered

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Year	2005	2007	2009	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
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MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2006)	✅	✅	✅
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iMac (20-inch, Early 2006)	✅	✅	✅
Mac mini (Early 2006)	✅	✅	✅
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	<title>Advanced Calculator Snake</title>
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Henk Poley HenkPoley

🔍 1. The Broadest Likeness: "We’re Both Machines"

🔍 **1. The Broadest Likeness: "We’re Both Machines"**