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Thought experiement# 117. The measure of man.
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Thought experiement# 117. The measure of man.
In the future we create AI. They programmatically "evolve" to become functioning self aware citizens.
Their human rights status is still not clear to me atm.

Like Data from TNG, they are well behaved, unlike Data's brother who went rogue.
Now let's say some of these AI synths "evolved" to become "gay" or show gaylike tendencies.
Or, in other cases, some were drawn to the mystery of Islam, etc

Now, would we, as humans, accept them for being "themselves" and afford them respect, or would we likely assume they are "broken" or "faulty".
You know, like a dodgy toaster from Walmart.

What I'm asking is: is our human selfish naturally xenophobic chimp gene still going to play the same old game?
You know, The same game where many religious hide their prejudices and xenophobias behind the veil of the holy texts Dunno

Or maybe, in like 45 million years, we may evolve past it!
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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Thought experiement# 117. The measure of man. - by ignoramus - January 28, 2020 at 5:02 am
RE: Thought experiement# 117. The measure of man. - by Ranjr - January 30, 2020 at 9:46 pm
RE: Thought experiement# 117. The measure of man. - by Ranjr - January 30, 2020 at 11:49 pm
RE: Thought experiement# 117. The measure of man. - by Ranjr - January 31, 2020 at 3:09 am

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