| I don't think you need to go to sci-fi scenarios because that is already reality for millions of lab animals on the planet, who are probably very sentient. Just a reminder: >In the complaint, PCRM said Neuralink used a substance known as “BioGlue” that destroyed parts of the monkeys’ brains. It described animals exhibiting substantial psychological effects from the experiments, including anxiety, vomiting, poor appetite, hair loss and self-mutilating behavior including removing their own fingers. >Neuralink called the data cited in the complaint “misleading”, saying in a blogpost it “did and continues to meet federally mandated standards”. After the UC Davis partnership came to an end, Neuralink moved its work to an in-house facility. >It responded directly to allegations that more than a dozen monkeys died after Neuralink procedures, stating that some of these were “terminal procedures” – where live test subjects are euthanized “humanely” following surgery." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/15/elon-musk-neur... Given that we're torturing the absolute crap out of intelligent, living beings not only 'for science' but for erection pills and hair loss shampoos and bogus gall blader medicine I think these AI debates are needlessly abstract and we know the answer to the question if we'd prevent harm anyway. |