From: Christian Weisgerber (naddy@mips.inka.de)
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 17:11:27 MDT
Ben Goertzel <ben@goertzel.org> wrote:
> If we don't care about eating animals, why should the superhuman AI's we
> spawn care about eating US??
A priori, there is no ethical reason why they wouldn't.
Also note that there is no logicial connection between a superior
being's decision how to treat us and our treatment of inferior
beings.
"Munch, munch. Crunchy human."
"But humans are sooo nice! They don't hurt other beings. How can you
eat them?"
"They're tasty."
-- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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