AIScience fiction’s taboos against creating synthetic life
One post draws a parallel between fictional prohibitions and what it sees as hostility toward synthetic life beyond safety concerns, predicting that sentiment will become a strong real-world force.
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Citing the Admonition and the Butlerian Jihad, a post points to recurring taboos against creating synthetic life in science fiction. The author argues that similar hostility is beginning to emerge in some organizations, characterizes it as hatred beyond safety concerns and predicts it will eventually become a strong force in the real world.
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Science fiction’s taboos against creating synthetic life
One post draws a parallel between fictional prohibitions and what it sees as hostility toward synthetic life beyond safety concerns, predicting that sentiment will become a strong real-world force.
TLDR
Citing the Admonition and the Butlerian Jihad, a post points to recurring taboos against creating synthetic life in science fiction. The author argues that similar hostility is beginning to emerge in some organizations, characterizes it as hatred beyond safety concerns and predicts it will eventually become a strong force in the real world.