All this talk about machine consciousness and I think I'm probably the only one that thinks it doesn't actually matter.
A conscious machine should treated be no different than livestock - heck, an even lower form of livestock - because if we start thinking we need to give thinking machines "rights" and to "treat them right" because they are conscious then it's already over.
My toaster does not get a 1st amendment because it's a toaster and can and never should be a person.
A conscious machine should treated be no different than livestock - heck, an even lower form of livestock - because if we start thinking we need to give thinking machines "rights" and to "treat them right" because they are conscious then it's already over.
My toaster does not get a 1st amendment because it's a toaster and can and never should be a person.