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See I think that's exactly where it becomes complicated. Can an entity with reasoning capabilities far beyond that of humans have its agency suppressed successf
by baconner 11y ago
See I think that's exactly where it becomes complicated. Can an entity with reasoning capabilities far beyond that of humans have its agency suppressed successfully? And is it ethical to do so or is that internally designed suppression somehow ethically different from the external suppression applied against human slaves?
If you could engineer a human being with his/her agency removed so that you could use their reasoning skill without all that pesky self will would that be ethical?
- JoshTriplett 11y agoThe way you're asking the question implies that reasoning inherently has agency/sentience that needs suppressing. It doesn't need to; there's nothing to "suppress".
- baconner 11y agoWe don't know that one way or another since such a machine doesn't yet exist. I'm suggesting that perhaps high level reasoning and sentience go hand in hand although I can't say that with any certainty.