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> I absolutely see humans as being more special than machine Can you explain why exactly? Is it a religious view? Seems to me we're just meat robots.
by thegrimmest 3y ago
> I absolutely see humans as being more special than machine
Can you explain why exactly? Is it a religious view? Seems to me we're just meat robots.
- Ygg2 3y ago> Can you explain why exactly? Yeah. What have humans ever done for us? Except for roads. And buildings. And infrastructure and machines.
- JohnFen 3y agoNo, it's not a religious view. It may be because I'm a human and care deeply about humans. I care nothing about machines. They're just machines.
- Scarblac 3y agoWe're definitely not just meat robots. We agonize over what we are and what we're supposed to do with our lives. Meat robots don't do that, and I suspect hardly any animals do either. Art is a way in which we grapple with such questions. I am yet to see a surprising contriubtion by an AI.
- hooande 3y agoIf we didn't value humans more than other things we wouldn't have survived as a species. You can argue over terminology, but you can't beat evolution. I'd imagine that you'd prioritize saving a human child from a fire over saving a machine or a meat based robot. Why?
- SanderNL 3y agoI’d save my mom over you. No hard feelings. My point is your composition or substrate or whatever is irrelevant.
- mike741 3y ago>> I absolutely see humans as being more special than machine > Can you explain why exactly? Because humans designed and built machines before machines could design and build humans.
- CatWChainsaw 3y agoRobots can be thrown in the trash when the newer models come out. Describing humans as robots with an adjective tacked on is, quite literally, dehumanization - a favorite tactic of fascist creep. Hence why, despite not being religious myself, I always view people like you who profess such views with more than a little suspicion.