I'm going to sue the people who removed my gall bladder for every cent! (...or maybe not, since they may have saved my life :)
On 4 January 2014 11:10, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/3/2014 11:38 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > Is there a penalty now for doing that to a dog? A mouse? > > Brent > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
