[voxl]

> Humans can't be copied.

There is no reason to believe this, and every reason to believe that humans can, in fact, be cloned/copied/whatever. It may not be an instant process like copying a file, but there is nothing innately special about the bio-computers we call brains.

[hathawsh]

I'm not disagreeing. The point I'm trying too make is that humans can't be copied today, yet when AGI arrives, it will be copyable on day one. That difference means that current human morals and ethics may not be very applicable to AGI. The concepts of slavery, freedom, death, birth, and so on might carry very different meanings in a world of easily copyable intelligences.

[goatlover]

Other than it might be too complex and costly to do so. Just because something is physically possible, doesn't mean we'll find it feasible to do so. Take building a transatlantic high speed rail under the ocean. There's no reason it can't be done. Doesn't mean we'll ever do it.