In article , Jose wrote:
[machine conscousness is ]No more scary than other human beings, which we don't know what will do
or why.

Human beings are not mere tools. When I deal with a human or a dog or
even a frog, I do not expect it to merely do what it was designed to do.

You're evidently not used to computers, they seem to do what they damn
well please :-)

Imagine the benefits - by the time we can make a truly conscious machine
with human intelligence, we will probably have the technology to do a
brain-dump. You could brain dump into a machine, discard your feeble
meat body, and go off into space and explore the planets - requiring no
pesky, complex, difficult life support to keep meat alive.

I don't think I'd ever want to do that.

I'd be first to sign up.

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