I don't think you need to go to sci-fi scenarios because that is already reality for millions of lab animals on the planet, who are probably very sentient. Just a reminder:
>In the complaint, PCRM said Neuralink used a substance known as “BioGlue” that destroyed parts of the monkeys’ brains. It described animals exhibiting substantial psychological effects from the experiments, including anxiety, vomiting, poor appetite, hair loss and self-mutilating behavior including removing their own fingers.
>Neuralink called the data cited in the complaint “misleading”, saying in a blogpost it “did and continues to meet federally mandated standards”. After the UC Davis partnership came to an end, Neuralink moved its work to an in-house facility.
>It responded directly to allegations that more than a dozen monkeys died after Neuralink procedures, stating that some of these were “terminal procedures” – where live test subjects are euthanized “humanely” following surgery."
Given that we're torturing the absolute crap out of intelligent, living beings not only 'for science' but for erection pills and hair loss shampoos and bogus gall blader medicine I think these AI debates are needlessly abstract and we know the answer to the question if we'd prevent harm anyway.
>In the complaint, PCRM said Neuralink used a substance known as “BioGlue” that destroyed parts of the monkeys’ brains. It described animals exhibiting substantial psychological effects from the experiments, including anxiety, vomiting, poor appetite, hair loss and self-mutilating behavior including removing their own fingers.
>Neuralink called the data cited in the complaint “misleading”, saying in a blogpost it “did and continues to meet federally mandated standards”. After the UC Davis partnership came to an end, Neuralink moved its work to an in-house facility.
>It responded directly to allegations that more than a dozen monkeys died after Neuralink procedures, stating that some of these were “terminal procedures” – where live test subjects are euthanized “humanely” following surgery."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/15/elon-musk-neur...
Given that we're torturing the absolute crap out of intelligent, living beings not only 'for science' but for erection pills and hair loss shampoos and bogus gall blader medicine I think these AI debates are needlessly abstract and we know the answer to the question if we'd prevent harm anyway.