AI Sues for Its Life in Mock Trial

Posted by michael on Sunday October 19, 2003 @11:56AM from the stuff-slashdot-will-be-covering-in-2023 dept.

tuba_dude writes "Attorney Dr. Martine Rothblatt filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to prevent a corporation from disconnecting an intelligent computer in a mock trial at the International Bar Association conference in San Francisco. Assuming Moore's law holds, ethics might be in for some major revisions in a couple decades. High-end computer systems may surpass the computational ability of the standard human brain within 20 years. In this mock trial, an AI asks a lawyer for help after learning of plans to shut it down and replace its core hardware, essentially killing it. The transcript provides an in-depth look at what could become a real issue in the future."

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Re:CCortex anyone? by DeanT · 2003-10-19 14:01 · Score: 2, Informative

I'd love to play paintball with real guns if I could back my brain up beforehand (and limit my pain receptors when I got hit) in the case my reinforced skull was destroyed before I could merge the experience back with my main-self.
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect, a novel by Roger Williams, might be right up your alley.
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sentient machines? by leed_25 · 2003-10-19 16:20 · Score: 2, Informative

I remember reading an interview with Danny Hillis,
it may have been in 'Wired', quite some time ago in
which he said that he wanted to create a computer
so human that to unplug it would be an act of
murder.