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Re:Would an intelligent computer have a "right to life"? by rbanffy on Friday January 06, 2012 @10:23PM (#3436090)
I'd like to add a second thought: what if the intelligence is undeniably sophisticated and very non-human?
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Re:Would an intelligent computer have a "right to life"? by PotatoEngineer on Friday January 06, 2012 @10:42PM (#3436130)
Isn't that the most likely result? There are a lot of possible things we could call intelligent, and only a few of them could be "like us".

(Granted, anyone trying to make an AI will aim towards something like us, but considering how we still haven't developed AI yet, I imagine the first successful one will be more of a lucky accidentally-on-purpose than anything strictly-designed; even with humans making it, the first success will be quite non-human.)

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Re:Would an intelligent computer have a "right to life"? by rbanffy on Saturday January 07, 2012 @05:34AM (#3436750)
Yes, but how would we recognize it for what it is?
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