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26-03-09, 07:22 PM

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090326/...r-45dbed5.html

According to Yahoo, so take it with a pinch of salt, scientists have created a basic brain/nervous system in the lab.

Part of me thinks, this is *soo* cool. But another part of me thinks that if a brain is grown will it attain a consciousness, however rudimentary. If so despite being artificial, it should have rights, shouldn't it?

Then extrapolating further I got thinking about AI. I imagine that there's a load of scientists working on this somewhere - running simulations on a computer. If they create an AI - do they have the right to turn the computer off at the end of a day (i.e. for a patch/upgrade) if there's a consciousness in that machine - surely it has the right to live...deus in machina.

26-03-09, 07:22 PM	#1
Kinvig Guest Posts: n/a	InterestIng experiment - but it raises some ethical questions http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090326/...r-45dbed5.html According to Yahoo, so take it with a pinch of salt, scientists have created a basic brain/nervous system in the lab. Part of me thinks, this is soo cool. But another part of me thinks that if a brain is grown will it attain a consciousness, however rudimentary. If so despite being artificial, it should have rights, shouldn't it? Then extrapolating further I got thinking about AI. I imagine that there's a load of scientists working on this somewhere - running simulations on a computer. If they create an AI - do they have the right to turn the computer off at the end of a day (i.e. for a patch/upgrade) if there's a consciousness in that machine - surely it has the right to live...deus in machina.