On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 2:34 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/3/2014 1:14 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > Let's say that I built a computer system and showed you the > theoretical basis for a claim that it will be self-aware. Will you switch > it on? I am serious! > > > Why not? The real question is "do we have the right to switch it off?" > > > If you switch it off, it just continues in another branch of the > multiverse. So how are you going to decide whether it's better or worse to > switch it off? And if we give it political rights, what will be the > punishment for violating them by switching it off?...switching it back on? > To be fair, it should be whatever punishment is fair for knocking you out with chloroform and then placing you in a medically induced coma for some unspecified time period. Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
