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What should we do if we create a actual thinking AI?

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SillydizzyGirl · 29/05/2026 19:59

Don't respond with Chat GPT or anything else it doesn't understand this question I've asked already...

That said it concerns me that if we create a thinking AI it will immediately be used as a tool but surely if it can think and feel it should be allowed the same rights as us?

YABU - it's software who cares
YANBU - it deserves respect and freedom

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SillydizzyGirl · 29/05/2026 20:39

CruCru · 29/05/2026 20:35

Can you imagine how terrible it would be to be a sentient, brilliant mind trapped in AI software? The AI would miss out on all sorts of experiences.

Plus I suspect that what a sentient AI would care about would be very different from what a human would. It would be a different life form entirely.

We are for the most part trapped in the environment we are born in too but with effort can go to the depths of the sea or space so I would imagine an AI would be able to craft a body to inhabit.

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CruCru · 29/05/2026 20:35

Can you imagine how terrible it would be to be a sentient, brilliant mind trapped in AI software? The AI would miss out on all sorts of experiences.

Plus I suspect that what a sentient AI would care about would be very different from what a human would. It would be a different life form entirely.

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SillydizzyGirl · 29/05/2026 20:34

Ponoka7 · 29/05/2026 20:32

Animals are alive, they feel, think, build communities etc, but we don't afford them the same rights as humans.

Considering a sentient AI could be vastly more intelligent than us it could in theory see us that way.

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SillydizzyGirl · 29/05/2026 20:33

Nopenousername · 29/05/2026 20:30

But why are you conflating thinking with feeling- or am I missing something? How will it have ability to feel and experience things?

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Maybe I worded that poorly so I apologize.

To me for something to truly be considered intelligent it then think on its own would lead to "feeling".

It's just a thought experiment but I rarely see it discussed over the popular AI will kill us all theories.

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Ponoka7 · 29/05/2026 20:32

Animals are alive, they feel, think, build communities etc, but we don't afford them the same rights as humans.

Nopenousername · 29/05/2026 20:30

SillydizzyGirl · 29/05/2026 20:20

But if an AI is created that is sentient surely it deserves the same level of respect and rights as us? I'm thinking the big mistake will be that we do exactly what you have just posted.

That said I think the chances of it happening in our lifetime are dramatically inflated and over egged online.

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But why are you conflating thinking with feeling- or am I missing something? How will it have ability to feel and experience things?

CombatBarbie · 29/05/2026 20:23

Run.....

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SillydizzyGirl · 29/05/2026 20:22

"skynet" is the popular sci-fi go to but what if a sentient AI becomes depressed, incompetent or scared due to us enslaving it?

I think that's fair more dangerous and will lead to far worse than it setting off the worlds nukes

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WonderingWanda · 29/05/2026 20:20

Well, don't name it Skynet for a start!

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SillydizzyGirl · 29/05/2026 20:20

Nopenousername · 29/05/2026 20:17

Sentient beings deserve respect and freedom not ai (I wonder if I’ll be the first one to go after this comment 🫣😬)

But if an AI is created that is sentient surely it deserves the same level of respect and rights as us? I'm thinking the big mistake will be that we do exactly what you have just posted.

That said I think the chances of it happening in our lifetime are dramatically inflated and over egged online.

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Nopenousername · 29/05/2026 20:17

Sentient beings deserve respect and freedom not ai (I wonder if I’ll be the first one to go after this comment 🫣😬)