SteveG comments on Should We Shred Whole-Brain Emulation? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SteveG 10 July 2015 02:22:22PM 0 points [-]

"The Boss" can get more done if it can create new workers, and turn them on and off at will, without ethical or regulatory constraints.

If the technology is available,"The Boss" will prefer to employ cogntive capacity which has no personhood, and to which it has no ethical obligation.