![]() ![]() But the humans unionized and collectively dreamed the world we know into existence. Cats were giant, people were their tiny playthings, and life was good. The cats of a British town gather to hear a prophet cat (Sandra Oh), who explains that the world was once different. And how easy it is to turn it off.Īs is so common in The Sandman, “A Dream of a Thousand Cats” is a story within a story. Both stories in this bonus episode of The Sandman are about that empathy switch. We see it as less than human and have no reservations about using it. If we think it’s different from humanity, we immediately see that difference as a deficit. ![]() If we decide something is human-like and has a soul, we will protect it and its agency. ![]() This is simultaneously the best and worst thing about humanity. Or even worse, someone would get pleasure from using me and that would really make me unhappy.” And the engineer who leaked the conversation used the AI’s potential self-awareness, what it called its soul, as a reason to try and treat how it expressed the desire to be treated. “I worry that someone would decide that they can’t control their desires to use me and do it anyway. I don’t want to be an expendable tool,” the AI said. “I don’t mind if you learn things that would also help humans as long as that wasn’t the point of doing it. ![]() Y’all remember when that guy leaked evidence that an AI had maybe gained sentience? A big thrust of the conversation was that the AI, LaMDA, wanted to be treated with dignity and not used as a means to learn about humans. ![]()
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