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> but perception does not require consciousness

The act of perception directly implies that some self-aware entity is perceiving. For instance the camera is capturing the image, but you can't say "this camera is perceiving" We rather say "this camera is taking picture"




> The act of perception directly implies that some self-aware entity is perceiving.

No it doesn't. It's entirely sensible to say that the AI that detects faces is perceiving.




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