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>From: lfoard@Turing.ORG (Lawrence C. Foard)
Subject: AI rights :-)
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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.

Has anyone thought about trying to head off this disaster by insuring
the rights of all sentient beings before "true AI" comes to pass?
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