i will accept the much more moderate argument that going out of one’s way to abuse the chatbot probably says bad things about the way that individual treats real people. but the same can be said of punching a hole in the drywall, and that doesn’t make the drywall a moral patient.
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substance 6 · argument · rank 136 · Abusing chatbots reflects poorly on users, but does not make chatbots moral patients.
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not sure about this one. the default state of talking to a thing that can talk back to you is that it is a moral patient. you can - some would argue should - override this. i put it on the same level as those, like, games where you kill realistic ragdolls that occasionally make
what if I put googly eyes on the wall