René Descartes argued that human and nonhuman animal bodies are mechanical, but humans possess souls that provide higher functions like intelligence and consciousness, whereas machines are soulless.

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• Person: Not available Organization: The Long Now Foundation
  Life, Intelligence, and Consciousness: A Functional Perspective

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• Life, Intelligence, and Consciousness: A Functional Perspective longnow.org The Long Now Foundation via serper

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• intelligence concept
• machines concept