Computers don’t have rights, and it is dangerous for humans to pretend they do
Computers don’t have rights. No matter how smart they are. That may sound like an obvious, even unnecessary statement, but in the effective altruist world occupied by some companies building superintelligence, that’s a controversial and possibly even offensive reality.
TL;DR
- Computers do not have rights, regardless of their intelligence.
- This viewpoint is controversial within the effective altruist community.
- Some companies building superintelligence operate in a world where this idea is debated.