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Comment by swayvil

5 years ago

But it's just a machine. Just because it screams realistically doesn't mean it's really suffering. Just like in videogames.

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ryankrage77  5 years ago

Is there any meaningful difference between a conciousness running on meat and one running on a computer? What's special about the meat?

  • swayvil  5 years ago

    Ok, so you're saying that you are a "consciousness program running on meat".

    I doubt that.

    • limbicsystem  5 years ago

      I have a nasty feeling that a war will one day be fought between people who believe these two opposing viewpoints (nod to Iain Banks..). If you think there's something other than just the meat and the programme, there is not reason to engage in the most horrific torture of billions of copies of the silicon-bound brains. And if you think that meat and code is all that there is, there is almost no possible higher motivation than stopping this enterprise. It's the asymptote of ethics.

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