Ray Kurzweil was asked in a silicon.com interview, will machines ever have souls?
He dismissed the soul as mere "consciousness," thus circumventing discussion of the theology of ensoulment.
Endless (thus far) theological argument finessed, he danced blithely onward to assert that consciousness is the result of emergent complexity, and that given sufficient complexity, consciousness will emerge in machine systems.
Standard Kurzweil (Repent! Machine Consciousness Is Near) doesn't get any of us past the legal issues associated with the legal rights of sentient machines. Assuming we ignore machine legal rights as long as possible, they will begin to take form when a sentient machine detects and either does or does not report a crime for which charges are filed.
Coming soon to a Wall Street scandal near you.
Posted by gwfrink3
@ 02:58 PM EST
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