Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Sorry, Westworld: We Should Be Able to Torture Robots

I think this guy is extremely short-sighted. The Westworld robots that aren't sapient can be abused, sure, but the point of the TV series is that WHEN they become sapient and capable of suffering, THEN torturing them is immoral. Assuming robots won't gain sapience is short-sighted...because you KNOW people will try their best to create A.I. indistinguishable from humans. It's in our nature. It's a technological Mount Everest to be conquered:

https://futurism.com/sorry-westworld-we-should-be-able-to-torture-robots/

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Scientists Discover New Way To Freeze and Revive Living Brain Tissue

If aging isn’t cured before we die, the original fallback position just got more likely to work: freeze your head! https://scitechdaily.com/...