



Source: MIT

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Morality police
By AssBall on 10/10/2012 10:24:41 PM , Rating: 2
This is great stuff. If we can progress this kind of biotech far enough, like to grow an organic supercomputer, when will the "you can't enslave that, it is a living creature" types and lobbiests start regulating it?

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Shortly before it becomes self-aware.

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...and is called skynet.

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By stusanagain on 10/11/2012 11:31:51 AM , Rating: 2
Define "living". In the same vein as the argument "A chicken is an egg's way of making another egg", is a human a synthetic gene complex's way of making another synthetic gene complex? Anyway, only PETA is making the "we should not enslave another living creature" argument.

On the other hand, if it gains sentience we'll be obligated to kill it. Xenophobic priorities, ya know. We're the top of the brain pyramid in this corner of the universe.

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By danjw1 on 10/11/2012 12:16:10 PM , Rating: 2
Man has "enslaved" animals for a long time. Rescue dogs, police dogs, military dogs, plow horses, mine hunting dolphins, circus animals you name it we have probably done it. So other the PETA, who do you expect to complain?

