Sci-fi short story
They invented general artificial intelligence
At great expense
Years of research, vast resources expended
But they succeeded
A computer programme—the seat of subjectivity, a being with moral status
All because a billionaire wanted to kill something in his video game that could suffer,
And so he could do something profoundly
Wrong
@juliana Don't tell Muskypants about it
It'll give him ideas
@bgcarlisle if you got this published they would teach it in literature classe though is the thing
@juliana 
Aw I'm glad you like it
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@bgcarlisle You can tell that its fiction because real billionaires just hunt humans.
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@bgcarlisle reminds me of Ted Chiang. In interviews he expresses more concern that we will invent AI intelligent enough to suffer than AI intelligent enough to harm us. And that capitalism is a greater threat than AI. His story I’ve read with those themes is the Lifecycle of Software Objects.
@bgcarlisle this is such a spectacular piece of writing and I fucking hate what it says, thanks