Honest curiosity: What do you think you&#x27;ll get out of it? A big chunk of it seems to be about definition. A lot of it hinges on knowing more about consciousness (and state-of-the-art seems to be essentially nil on that topic - the position that consciousness is magic is still taken seriously). There&#x27;s discussions about the &quot;duality&quot; between hardware and software: while certainly a rich area to make arguments, I&#x27;m not sure it&#x27;s really impactful or interesting.<p>There seems to be little to no practical concerns addressed. Which is fine - chasing things just because they&#x27;re intriguing shouldn&#x27;t be looked down on. I&#x27;m just wondering if there&#x27;s more to it, something that&#x27;d impact people writing software (even for fun) or designing computers.