One of the worst or most uncomfortable logical outcomes of
> which we do not currently know how to precisely define, recognize or measure
is that if we don't know if something has qualia (despite externally showing evidence of it), morally you should default to treating it like it does.
Ridiculous to treat a computer like it has emotions, but breaking down the problem into steps, it's incredibly hard to avoid that conclusion. "When in doubt, be nice to the robot".
> which we do not currently know how to precisely define, recognize or measure
is that if we don't know if something has qualia (despite externally showing evidence of it), morally you should default to treating it like it does.
Ridiculous to treat a computer like it has emotions, but breaking down the problem into steps, it's incredibly hard to avoid that conclusion. "When in doubt, be nice to the robot".