1. LLM interactions can feel real. Projections and psychological mirroring is very real.

2. I believe that AI researchers will require some level of embodiment to demonstrate:

a. ability to understand the physical world.

b. make changes to the physical world.

c. predict the outcome to changes in the physical world.

d. learn from the success or failure of those predictions and update their internal model of the external world.

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I cannot quickly find proposed tests in this discussion.