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So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims"

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RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims"

September 25, 2013 at 4:56 am

The creation of true free will - not AI - is the "holy grail" of com sci.
It will never happen IMHO but there was a recent survey of programmers about the morality of "creating" an AI entity that could "feel" pain.
Apparently/allegedly most programmers thought it would be immoral to do what God did and create true free will and the sentient ability to know virtual pain.
I didn't believe the claim that computer scientists all shunned the Nobel prize that such an invention would earn.
Cutting edge scientists are the most AMORAL group of people on earth. They don't care about ethics. They care about accolades.

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So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by Moira - September 24, 2013 at 12:46 pm

RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 24, 2013 at 12:49 pm

RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by freedomfromforum - September 24, 2013 at 12:53 pm

RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by Airyaman - September 25, 2013 at 3:54 am

RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by Lion IRC - September 25, 2013 at 4:56 am

RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 25, 2013 at 5:16 am

RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by max-greece - September 25, 2013 at 5:01 am

RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by max-greece - September 25, 2013 at 5:30 am

RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by Lion IRC - September 25, 2013 at 7:10 am

RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 25, 2013 at 8:21 am

RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by Lion IRC - September 25, 2013 at 6:20 pm

RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 26, 2013 at 2:37 am

RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by max-greece - September 25, 2013 at 8:25 am

RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by Lion IRC - September 26, 2013 at 3:08 am

RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 26, 2013 at 3:10 am

RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by Lion IRC - September 26, 2013 at 3:33 am

RE: So is being God basically the same as playing "The Sims" - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 26, 2013 at 4:06 am

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