Welcome to the fourth post in our Sententia Discussion series! Please engage in the discussion below the post. For a reminder of what the Sententia Discussion series is, and how it’s supposed to work, see this post. Remember, discussion topics will be posted on the second and fourth Sunday of each month.
Background
Artificial intelligence continues to advance at a rapid pace, and some experts predict that we could have some form of a conscious computer in less than a century. In the last Sententia discussion, we considered the biological definition of life. This expands on that idea, and brings in definitions of “consciousness” and “sentience.”
Prompt
What are the implications of a truly conscious and/or sentient computer?
What are our responsibilities to such an artificial entity?
Would such a computer qualify as a lifeform?
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