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"The concern with slavery is the innocence of victim. When that’s removed, it’s no longer controversial. At least it shouldn’t be." (news.ycombinator.com)

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[–] jaschop@awful.systems 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not sure that any time someone posts cringe on HN counts as a tech take. Maybe we can bring AI into this?

What about, enslaving prisoners is not controversial if an AI is giving the orders, since it's not a person oppressing another person. I'll take my 500M VC now please.

[–] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 4 points 2 months ago

Before I actually read the linked post I definitely thought this was about the ethics of enslaving sentient AI as seen in The Animatrix or R.U.R.