Comment by pavel_lishin
1 month ago
> 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.
This is how people end up worshipping rocks & thunderstorms.
1 month ago
> 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.
This is how people end up worshipping rocks & thunderstorms.
We've entered the sand worshiping era. Except this time, we're the gods.
Are we? Are we made of sand, or is the sand worshipping us?
Silicon chips are made of sand