Belief in AI sentience is becoming a problem

Re:Belief in AI sentience is becoming a problem by darkerside on Thursday June 30, 2022 @08:23AM (#31931489)

It's a problem of false dichotomy. Sentience isn't a light switch. It's grains of rice that accumulate into a meaningful mass. This is also the reason the abortion debate will never be resolved. We can expect similar passion ex uncertainty from the future machine sentience debate.

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Re:Belief in AI sentience is becoming a problem by Xcelerate on Thursday June 30, 2022 @08:36AM (#31931601)

> It's grains of rice that accumulate into a meaningful mass

Suppose we could temporarily reduce these grains into something very small. For example, putting a human into deep anesthesia. Is it immoral to destroy their body at that point in time since they are less sentient than an insect?

Or do we consider their potential for sentience, as they can hypothetically be removed from the state of anesthesia in the future?

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Re:Belief in AI sentience is becoming a problem by darkerside on Thursday June 30, 2022 @05:36PM (#31938939)

I'd say an interruption in existing sentience is a very different thing. I have different feelings about abortion and euthanasia in brain death.

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Re:Belief in AI sentience is becoming a problem by ryandvm on Thursday June 30, 2022 @01:23PM (#31935643)

Yes, killing sleeping people is immoral.

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Re:Belief in AI sentience is becoming a problem by Xcelerate on Friday July 01, 2022 @11:43AM (#31948023)

Being under anesthesia is extremely different than being asleep.

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Re:Belief in AI sentience is becoming a problem by popcube on Thursday June 30, 2022 @06:43PM (#31939639)

should we have responsibility to maintain a simulation?

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