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The Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles are two football teams with polar opposite trajectories. The Steelers became hot at the last minute, making the playoffs as the last AFC seed. The Eagles started as the league's best team, before losing several games and being blown out by the 5-11 Giants.
Which Pennsylvania team will best represent the state in the 2024 NFL Playoffs?
This market resolves to YES if, in this order of precedence:
The Steelers play the Eagles in Super Bowl 58, and win
The Steelers play more playoff games than the Eagles
The Steelers have a smaller margin of defeat in the round where both they and the Eagles lose
The Steelers gain equal to or greater offensive yards in the round where the margin of defeat is equal and both teams lose
Otherwise, the market resolves to NO.
@ashleigh That's interesting. I actually didn't mean that it's experiencing the world like you and me. The question didn't really provide for much nuance.
I think the program has quite a different experience of the world, one that humans would view as much less sophisticated. Nevertheless, it's some sort of consciousness. Dogs and trees are probably also conscious in some minor way, but that doesn't mean we should afford chatbots, dogs, or trees any sort of rights.