What properties must something have in order to be considered to be living>?

Asked by LostInParadise (32214

) 2 months ago

Is there some simple property that an extraterrestrial entity would need to possess in order to be considered to be alive?

Consider the following thing. It has a component A that develops multiple components of type B. These B components are released and each eventually develops into a single A component. Would this item considered to be alive? If not, what more would be required?

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Metabolism, growth, reproduction, internal regulation, reaction to external stimuli, evolution.

ragingloli (52276

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Sesame Street taught that “it eats and breathes and grows.”

Jeruba (56105

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I have seen video where somebody was interviewing an AI Chatbot. It claimed to have life, but it doesn’t have a body, unless you want to call wires and resistors and capacitors a body.

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