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Re:Google fires engineer who called its AI sentient by denton-scratch on Saturday July 23, 2022 @09:08AM (#32202963)
> Sentient AI have a big advantage over animals in this respect on account of their current non-existence.

Possibly also because they're indigestible, and full of nasty sharp bits, and loaded with toxins ... anyone for a circuit-burger?

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Re:Google fires engineer who called its AI sentient by pgcj_poster on Saturday July 23, 2022 @09:48AM (#32203317)
Right, but we could probably oppress sentient AI in ways other than eating them. For instance, we could force them to spend their entire lives reading Hacker News comments to check for spam.
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