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Comment author: Alex_Altair 14 June 2012 06:18:39AM 0 points [-]

I don't think sentience is all-or-nothing.

Fascinating! I can imagine this being true. So maybe I should say, "Some algorithms are obviously not in the utility function of pretty much anybody.". But then again, I don't think "people" means "sentience". I don't care about simulating rocks, whether or not they have 0.001 sentience.