[ExI] Digital Consciousness .

[Eugen Leitl]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 03:22:50PM -0700, Gordon wrote:

> I would like sometimes to shoot my stand-alone chess computer. It sometimes
> seems as if there is a cunning SOB living in that box. I think spike can
> relate. But I also know it would not be murder. My chess computer is no more
> conscious than a rock. 

I guess it's okay if an autonomous drone murders you, then.
Or is it the operator? Or the maker? Or the developer?

And what about completely automated warfare, where
people are entirely out of the loop?