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Read the book Altered Carbon. People can switch bodies and their minds can be run in simulation and there are laws about running someone's mind in simulation j
by thwarted 17y ago
Read the book Altered Carbon. People can switch bodies and their minds can be run in simulation and there are laws about running someone's mind in simulation just for the puroses of torture.
- mseebach 17y agoThat's all very interesting, but the "fiction" part of "science fiction" is there for a reason. And by the way, if you're somehow successful in removing my mind from my body and torturing it in a computer, current laws would apply just fine.
- stcredzero 17y agoMaybe not. The literal meaning of "Habeas Corpus" is "You have the body." Right now, there is no separation of mind and body in most legal systems.
- anigbrowl 17y agoUnlike fantasy, the fictional aspect of SF is not permanent. Yesterday's personal communicator is today's smartphone. Artificial intelligences with distinct personalities are not here yet, but I see no fundamental bounds to their creation and am pretty optimistic about the timeframe. The question of whether such intelligences qualify as people will become a pressing one at that time, even if it seems abstract to you now.