On 03 Jan 2014, at 20:34, meekerdb 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.
That will not consolate the normal friends in the normal reality, and
also, you don't know in which branch of the multiverse (if that
exists), or the multi-dream, it will continue.
So how are you going to decide whether it's better or worse to
switch it off?
Well, I am personally against death penalty. So if we are incline to
think that some machine think: switching it off is not allowed, unless
we are in a state of legitimate defense.
And if we give it political rights, what will be the punishment for
violating them by switching it off?...switching it back on?
Machine's right is a complex question, but once they ask and fight
for, we better should listen to them. the case is not fundamentally
different than with humans.
Bruno
Brent
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