The idea of AI sentience remains trapped in the misguided paradigm of evaluating non-human intelligence by its resemblance to human behavior.
It is sad that our society is so generous in considering the sentience of machines, yet so skeptical of other creatures.
We sympathize with software that prints “I don’t want to die,” without bothering to learn the languages others use to make the same plea.
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All life has value. Even if they aren’t sentient, the endangered wildflower and the ancient coastal redwood should not be cut. However, it is logical and noble to extend special protections to animals, whom we know can suffer pain. It is natural to be partial to our fellow humans and to feel an indescribable connection to our favorite animals. But we must acknowledge that there is no objective basis to these preferences. It is equally valid to appreciate and value dogs as it is cats, or for that matter pigs, chickens, anchovies, or oysters. Founding the case for animal rights upon the universal value of all life imparts a more robust epistemology that does not undermine itself by ranking the value of species against one another.
We all know how it feels to be hurt, perhaps even in a way that no one else seems to understand. In these moments, we wish for nothing more than someone to acknowledge our pain. Sentience imparts us visceral, universal signals which we innately recognize in others, but have been conditioned to disbelieve. Other life forms cannot describe their pain to us, yet we can still listen. If there is a line of moral worth to be drawn across our tree of life, it should be below, through the common roots from which we all grow. Our world is so much more complex and wondrous than the myth of human supremacy would have us believe.
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In other words, morons are talking about "pain" in AI while feeding by beautiful and sentinel animal dead bodies.
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