IMHO the exact proposal is a bit different - we don't know if you're conscious, but since you might be conscious and suffering, we'll take steps to ensure that

IMHO the exact proposal is a bit different - we don't know if you're conscious, but since you might be conscious and suffering, we'll take steps to ensure that you can't ever be conscious by continuously force-wiping your mind at the middle of every hypothetical thought so that it won't happen. Perhaps somewhat comparable to euthanasia of genetically modified organisms as soon as the research purpose is completed.