humor me, dramadramaduck.
A particular opinion has been brought to my attention recently. "Flesh and blood matters more than electronics," I was told. So, out of interest, please place the following types of entities in order of importance, from 1-20, in your opinion:
• a human being, with no augmentations.
• a human being genetically modified to be superior.
• a human being with superficial mechanical/cybernetic alterations, such as replaced limbs.
• a human being with extensive cybernetic alterations, essentially a human brain in a constructed shell.
• an uploaded human consciousness inside a computer.
• an uploaded human consciousness inside a robotic body.
• an uploaded human consciousness inside a mostly/all flesh body.
• an evolutionarily-developed electronic consciousness inside a computer.
• an evolutionarily-developed electronic consciousness inside a robotic body.
• an evolutionarily-developed electronic consciousness inside a mostly/all flesh body.
• a sentient, human-created AI inside a computer.
• a sentient, human-created AI inside a robotic body.
• a sentient, human-created AI inside a mostly/all flesh body.
• an AI with no sense of self inside a computer.
• an AI with no sense of self inside a robotic body.
• an AI with no sense of self inside a mostly/all flesh body.
• a simple program with no sense of self inside a computer.
• a simple program with no sense of self inside a robotic body.
• a simple program with no sense of self inside a mostly/all flesh body.
• a human being with no sense of self, through mental collapse or other impairment.
I apologise for the long list, but I wanted to leave as little confusion as possible. If I missed anything in between, please say so. Members of relevant species other than human, please substitute your own race.
Answering is optional. Joint positions in order of importance will also be accepted.
• a human being, with no augmentations.
• a human being genetically modified to be superior.
• a human being with superficial mechanical/cybernetic alterations, such as replaced limbs.
• a human being with extensive cybernetic alterations, essentially a human brain in a constructed shell.
• an uploaded human consciousness inside a computer.
• an uploaded human consciousness inside a robotic body.
• an uploaded human consciousness inside a mostly/all flesh body.
• an evolutionarily-developed electronic consciousness inside a computer.
• an evolutionarily-developed electronic consciousness inside a robotic body.
• an evolutionarily-developed electronic consciousness inside a mostly/all flesh body.
• a sentient, human-created AI inside a computer.
• a sentient, human-created AI inside a robotic body.
• a sentient, human-created AI inside a mostly/all flesh body.
• an AI with no sense of self inside a computer.
• an AI with no sense of self inside a robotic body.
• an AI with no sense of self inside a mostly/all flesh body.
• a simple program with no sense of self inside a computer.
• a simple program with no sense of self inside a robotic body.
• a simple program with no sense of self inside a mostly/all flesh body.
• a human being with no sense of self, through mental collapse or other impairment.
I apologise for the long list, but I wanted to leave as little confusion as possible. If I missed anything in between, please say so. Members of relevant species other than human, please substitute your own race.
Answering is optional. Joint positions in order of importance will also be accepted.