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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/07/2026

Any technology that is indistinguishable from god is *also* going to be *extremely* valuable (at least, up to the moment that it turns us all into paperclips): pluralistic.net/2024/05/17/f... 19/ 20/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/07/2026

Once the superintelligence thought-experiment is upgraded to an X-risk, lots of *other* thought experiments are sucked along in its wake. That's where "rights for robots" comes in, the idea that we should spend time thinking about whether chatbots should have human rights. 21/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/07/2026

The best argument for this is that every time we extend rights to the nonhuman world, we end up treating *each other* better. Movements to extend moral consideration to animals raised uncomfortable questions about the treatment of humans: slaves, workers, poor people, women, children. 22/

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Now What?? @mraulston.word.expert · 10/07/2026

It all boils down to 'the entire universe should cater to me" Toddler-level thinking at every level. As my Mother - a teacher for over forty years - always says: They don't want to read, write, add, or think.

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