tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post3248944881437739760..comments2023-10-30T04:16:25.917-04:00Comments on Sentient Developments: When the Turing Test is not enough: Towards a functionalist determination of consciousness and the advent of an authentic machine ethicsGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003484633933455827noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-57410591118571061862012-03-01T18:46:32.171-05:002012-03-01T18:46:32.171-05:00I can foresee at least two potential abuses of tho...I can foresee at least two potential abuses of those "rights" you suggest for artificial consciousnesses.<br /><br />1. The right to copy oneself, one unscrupulous AC might copy itself thousands of times and crowd out other ACs. In addition those copies could network together and through parallel processing become orders of magnitude more powerful than any other sapient beings on earth.<br /><br />2. The right to access one's own source code. Do you seriously think that allowing just anyone to mess with their own brain is a good idea? Programming a simple calculator is hard enough, one character wrong and the whole thing is inoperable.<br /><br />At least establish some limits.ZarPaulushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923548883992534673noreply@blogger.com