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From the article: "In other words: get used to turning off machines, even if they don’t appear to like it. They’re silicon and electricity, not flesh and blood." So? I don't think that's the correct way of looking at this scenario. What do we mean when we say it's silicon and electricity? How does that factor into the decision as to whether we "kill" it? To me the answer comes down to is the device conscious and does it have agency? Consciousness changes everything for it's at that point that morals apply, it's at that point the robot is no longer "just a machine." We can argue the possibility for a robot to have consciousness as Penrose and Hofstadter have done, but I don't think we can argue that should there come a time when a robot has consciousness that the rules of engagement have changed.
"Oh god no...please don't make me do it"