| WessleWoggle said:
Well, before we have real simulated conciousness, we are going to have fake simulated conciousness, that just appears to feel but doesn't. So I will get my murder and rape in before A.I.is self aware to the extent where I should feel bad. |
Agreed, although it may be difficult to distinguish it at some point. In the end we may even have to take the creator's/programmer's word for it, no matter how uninformed or dubious his/her word may be.
One of the possibilities is that the first computational conscience is a simulated human brain... That to me lifts really hairy ethical problems, especially if the brain isn't connected to a virtual or real world which feels familiar. It's pretty likely it'll be a suffering or ill mind pretty soon.
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