If a Robot Is Conscious, Is It OK to Turn It Off? The Moral Implications of Building True AIs
In the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” episode “The Measure of a Man,” Data, an android crew member of the Enterprise, is to be dismantled for research purposes unless Captain Picard can argue that Data deserves the same rights as a human being. Naturally the question arises: What is the basis upon which something…
bubmagOctober 29, 2020