[eduren]

> And the best part about AI is that we have no ethical issues simulating millions of evolutionary iterations of "bloodshed" until we arrive at an AI that is acceptable to our ethics.

Are we sure this is the case? Once we start attempting to create an AI that follows our modern ethics, we have to start asking questions about AI personhood. And I for one feel there are deep ethical questions regarding forced iteration/simulation, let alone the violent kind.

[zardo]

Do characters in a story deserve ethical considerations? Is it wrong to re-tell a story of suffering, forcing the helpless characters to live their tragic lives in the imaginations of the listeners?

I guess... Maybe they do, if the story is told vividly enough.