[sponaugle]

"If humans are machines, they are still a subset of machines and they (among other animals) are the only ones who can be demotivated and so it is still a mistake to assume an entirely different kind of machine would have those properties."

Yet.

[suddenlybananas]

Sure but the entire context of the discussion is surprisial that they don't.

[sponaugle]

Agreed - There is no guarantee of what will happen in the future. I'm not for or against the outcome, but certainly curious to see what it is.