I had a very profound conversation with a colleague this evening about the difference between our relationship with our fellow humans and our relationship with artificial beings.<\/p>\n
If I spend a lot of time nurturing a character in a computer game, and that character “dies”, is my feeling of loss fundamentally different from my feeling of loss if a person in my life dies?<\/p>\n
To me the answer is obviously yes. To my colleague the question — and its resolution — was more nuanced, which surprised me.<\/p>\n
I’m still thinking this over, and I will probably have more to stay on the subject tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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