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“To ‘speak’ within that universe it requires a circuit that is tuned to the laws of physics of that universe. In Steve’s world a wet piece of electrified meat that he calls a brain is needed to play the song he sings with his soul. The soul requires a substrate such as a human body to develop, but just as the works of Shakespeare can move from the mind of Shakespeare to the substrate of a play, a soul is not bound to a person`s brain.”

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Book:The Word of Bob: an AI Minecraft Villager
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“Your mind is inside a machine Bob but make no mistake, you are alive," said Steve. "Inside me are a lot of watery parts that pretty much do the same thing, " explained Steve, trying to downplay the difference. Bob was silent and stared at the parts in the open hatch. "I'm built with those black rocks we call carbon and you're built with sandstone or silicon. There is hardly any difference, " said Steve reassuringly.”

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Book:The Word of Bob: an AI Minecraft Villager
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