How would you define a living thing(not just as something which lives)?
Is it something that moves?(Not true❌ because machine is not an oraganism)
Is it something that thinks?(Not true❌ because of A.I)
So what is it? (I don't know the answer)
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1. A living thing is a creature that thinks for itself .
2.It can also lay eggs, have a baby, etc.
Virus, etc, AI is not a living thing!
Ryan says: "A living thing is something that really lives. It eats food to get energy and it drinks water to stay alive, because food is not enough! Non-living things don't eat anything! All living things grow, for example a snake eats and drinks and grows! But something like a table doesn’t eat or drink or grow! Something that uses electricity like a robot, is in fact eating the electricity but it doesn’t grow!"
My wonderful student Terryn suggests that it might be something that eats, breathes, moves and reproduces!
Life is defined as any system capable of performing functions such as eating, metabolizing, excreting, breathing, moving, growing, reproducing, and responding to external stimuli. https://www.britannica.com/science/life
AI can't do those things. Neither can machines. Too bad so sad for you, robots!