Ever had or come upon an animal that was so bad off that you just knew it would be humane to put it out of its' misery, a mercy killing. I could never bring myself to do the deed though. That's when a robot, expert in such things would have been welcome.
Engineer and CEO of Poikos: Nell Watson, worries that the artificial intelligence of the near-future might decide to become just such a benevolent euthanizer. One that would end the suffering of lower animals. Of course Mz. Watson fears that mankind itself would be judged to be a suffering lower life form.
Read the rest of the article as well as the talk that CEO Watson gave at "The Gathering" conference HERE
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