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>From: silber@orfeo.Eng.Sun.COM (Eric Silber)
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Subject: Re: Morality and artificial minds / other-minds
Date: 13 May 1992 18:26:26 GMT
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In article <1992May12.135033.6650@cis.ohio-state.edu> chandra@cannelloni.cis.ohio-state.edu (B Chandrasekaran) writes:
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>ii. If we end up making artificial creatures in the future who are not
>only intelligences but also minds ....
>we should treat them appropriately depending upon what kind of mind
>they are and how they would like to be treated. 

 Here once again, it is instructive to bring in the issue of
 other-minds as an adjunct to the discussion of artificial minds.
 Cows, pigs, chickens etc. have 'other-minds' all of which are
 probably more complex and 'higher' than anything a-i will come-up
 with for a while.  Other-minds should get at least the same treatment
 and respect as the above passage concedes to possible
 artificial minds.  Predation is an unacceptable form of behavior,
 even if some local aberration of nature came up with predation in
 the past on this planet !!!




