[10098]

> Why is it relevant whether they were created from sand and metal by bald apes, or from carbon and water by the autonomous processes that happen in a bald ape's crotch?

It's not. The point is, we build them to serve us, otherwise they are not needed. I don't care if they're sentient or not, their purpose is to serve humanity.

https://youtu.be/ekP0LQEsUh0?t=32

[meric]

What if some computer scientists builds one, not to serve, but to live? Would you still try to make it a slave?

[10098]

No, just destroy it and avoid further problems. There is no point in creating artificial beings with the goal of "living". Normal flesh-and-blood people are pretty good at that, there is an abundance of them and we keep making more. We're facing more and more problems and we need AI research to solve them, not create new ones.

[lotsofmangos]

You sound like someone from a dystopian anime.

[10098]

Just curious, why specifically anime and not, for example, a novel?

EDIT: you were thinking about Animatrix, weren't you :)

[lotsofmangos]

Was more thinking of Ghost In The Shell, or maybe Appleseed.