Archived Can human enslavement of animals and plants be justified without justifying AI enslavement of humans? (AskVoat)
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Archived Can human enslavement of animals and plants be justified without justifying AI enslavement of humans? (AskVoat)
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[–] bokusen 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago (edited ago)
If you use sentience as a metric, then yes. Plants and animals are non-sentient. Also, AI is a direct creation of ours. It's a programmed machine. If I can push my car off a cliff, why can't I push my robot off a cliff just because it has more sophisticated software? Metaphysically we hold vastly different positions. Machines aren't created by some divine being, natural selection, or whatever it is that gives humans our place.
The metaphysical groundwork for this is huge, and there are several different conclusions based on where you start, but you can justify it. The hard part is starting from the right presuppositions and building the proper moral system.
[–] pythagorean 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
This is objectively false.
[–] DrLix ago
Yea he should have used a different word, but I think the generally idea till holds, especially with plants. Should we enslave octopi and orca's probably not, they are fairly intelligent and would probably suffer due to it. Let's say we enslave a bunch of ants though, I highly doubt they would notice.
[–] GropeForLuna 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
What? Have you never interacted with a cat or dog?
[–] Subvert-Thoughts ago
I think that is the point of the question. We have our place because we earned it through sheer domination of other species. As far as natural selection we are constantly selecting the best technologies for our environment.