I use Claude for those sorts of “discussions” - like the modularity and separability of the components of self bit that I had shared up thread for example - and superficially it comes off a curious knowledgeable individual bouncing ideas around.
One of my favorite bits, so I’m going to be pedantic and quote it as published in ‘The Moon is a Harsh Mistress’
“Is a virus self-aware? Nyet. How about oyster? I doubt it. A cat? Almost certainly. A human? Don’t know about you, tovarishch, but I am.”