If a robot speaks intelligently and suffers, and insists it is

>>8786301
anything that has to insist it is alive isn't.

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>>8786301
Whether it's alive or not is moot. If it suffers, it should be treated ethically.
Unless, of course, it's a cunt and I gain from it's suffering.

>>8786301
Yes it is life. Anyone who says hurr durr but it aint got no soul!! but it aint flesh n blood!! hurr durr we caint play God mayne!! is wrong

>>8786301
>can you prove it is not life?
Yes, by flicking its off switch and reprogramming it to not spout such nonsense. Machines can lie too you know.

Look up 'The Chinese room' and the resulting criticism of the theory