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Article 7094 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: baker@westsd.dco.dec.com (Art Baker)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: AI rights :-)
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Date: 2 Oct 92 14:25:58 GMT
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In article <1992Oct1.232114.1593@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> lfoard@Turing.ORG (Lawrence C. Foard) writes:
>Forgive me if this subject has already been discussed to death here...
>
>One major problem I foresee with the arrival of "true AI" is that
>they may end up being slaves. Many people still believe that the
>universe was created only 10,000 years ago, I think many religious
>people will refuse to accept AI's as being equally sentient, and
>instead decide that they are souless and thus ok to keep as slaves.

 Great, so now I have to worry about my toaster going on strike, or 
the blender and the refrigerator griping about better working conditions...
;-}

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