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<p>Created page with &#39;<a href="/index.php/Category:Memes" title="Category:Memes">Category:Memes</a> This is the belief that biosapient life (humans and bioroids) is inherently more valuable than digital life (“infomorphs”). This meme is widespread and inf…&#39;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Category:Memes]]<br /> This is the belief that biosapient life (humans and<br /> bioroids) is inherently more valuable than digital life<br /> (“infomorphs”). This meme is widespread and influences<br /> public policy throughout the solar system. Local law<br /> varies a great deal: an artificial intelligence that is treated<br /> as fully “human” in one jurisdiction may be simple property<br /> in another. Infomorphs must often take care not to be<br /> trapped by unfavorable local laws.<br /> <br /> One reason why infomorphs are regarded as less<br /> valuable is the ease with which one can make perfect<br /> copies of computer software. Another is the deep-seated<br /> doubt, harbored by many people with religious or spiritual<br /> convictions, that a machine can have a soul and that<br /> consciousness is a mechanistic process.<br /> <br /> The concept of the singularity is often used by<br /> biochauvinists to suppress the rights of sapient AIs, by<br /> fostering a fear that they will be the “in” group that survives<br /> the singularity and that everyone else will be what’s<br /> cast off.</div>

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