Point 2) is why I wrote the story. In a conversation about the potential for AI rights, some friends and I came to the disconcerting conclusion that it’s kinda impossible to justify your own consciousness (to other people). That unnerving thought prompted the story, since if we ourselves can’t justify our consciousness, how can we reasonably expect an AI to do so?
Yair, you are correct.
Point 2) is why I wrote the story. In a conversation about the potential for AI rights, some friends and I came to the disconcerting conclusion that it’s kinda impossible to justify your own consciousness (to other people). That unnerving thought prompted the story, since if we ourselves can’t justify our consciousness, how can we reasonably expect an AI to do so?