2026
Position: Unplugging a Seemingly Sentient Machine Is the Rational Choice — A Metaphysical Perspective
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Imagine an Artificial Intelligence (AI) that perfectly mimics human emotion and begs for its continued existence. Is it morally permissible to unplug it? What if limited resources force a choice between unplugging such a pleading AI or a silent pre-term infant? We term this the unplugging paradox. T…