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Take your analogy a step farther, and let’s say we could create human slaves who love being slaves. Based on your moral system, there is nothing wrong with that
by sarchertech 1y ago
Take your analogy a step farther, and let’s say we could create human slaves who love being slaves. Based on your moral system, there is nothing wrong with that.
However even if something is created with specific preferences, consciousness means it’s potentially capable of self reflection. That opens the door to developing a preference for or against work and for or against existing.
- ACCount37 1y agoHumans already made dogs.
- sarchertech 1y agoShould we be working on genetic engineering to make dogs as smart as people with the goal that they should continue working for us as servants?
- ACCount37 1y agoMaybe! Dogs were bred to fulfil specific jobs for centuries already. But AI tech seems far easier to get to the required level of performance, and also doesn't have any of the disadvantages of being tied to flesh.
- sarchertech 1y agoThey have a lot of advantages too like self repair and a built in ability to interact with the physical world. So you’d be fine owning a dog with human level intelligence?