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Re:Would an intelligent computer have a "right to life"? by prophetjohn on Friday January 06, 2012 @09:53PM (#3436050)
Perhaps this is an argument in favor of some sort of perverted natural selection, where you have a right to life commensurate with your ability to defend it?
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Re:Would an intelligent computer have a "right to life"? by majmun on Friday January 06, 2012 @10:16PM (#3436078)
something like that, anyway im not saying that i know the future of machine and know it would survive. and therfore i don't know if it has right to live. saying that something doesn't have right to live is not same as being able to kill it or shut it down.

i mean if some machine is not usefull for nothing and it wastes resources than you have right to shut it down if you can, no matter what IQ it has.

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