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not interesting for a worm but interesting for a first of its kind
by anotheryou 3y ago
not interesting for a worm but interesting for a first of its kind
- bee_rider 3y agoI actually don’t know, are there any ethical guidelines for working with very limited animals like this? I know they are pretty limited intelligence wise, but I would hope the researchers at least kill them in a quick, painless manner when the experiments are done. I guess if the computer mode really is true on a physical level it is owed the same (minimal) level of decency somehow.
- anotheryou 3y agoMy point is: let's discuss this before we simulate more complex life and let's not draw some arbitrary line in the sand or call it all "artificial = not worthy anything".
- bee_rider 3y agoYeah, I agree, definitely at least that it is an insufficiently explored ethical issue. I suspect people are just leaning on the intuitive answer (that it is just a computer program), and the fact that we just don’t have the ability to simulate anything that has, like, obvious rights yet. I don’t think the first will really stand up to scrutiny, and the second is clearly a temporary solution (to the extent that it even is a solution).