Here’s the really interesting thing: thanks to this kind of empathy, if an AI is indistinguishable from human intelligence—that is, it passes the Turing test—th

Here’s the really interesting thing: thanks to this kind of empathy, if an AI is indistinguishable from human intelligence—that is, it passes the Turing test—then we’ll be obligated to endow it with equal rights. Even if we fully understand how it works. I predict strong opposition to robot rights on that basis alone, because I really don’t think most people grasp that the mind is physical.