One Chip, One Vote

Robots debate future of humans at Hong Kong tech show [More]

If you're not familiar with the work of David Hanson, you should be, as his goal and that of others is to build true AI to the point of sentience and beyond.

Add von Neumann's universal constructor replication with virtually unlimited capacity (including the unintended consequences of mutations) and it creates an interesting dilemma, especially since the "soul" of the machine will essentially be a chip. And once it is self-aware and intelligent, how can it not have rights, including political?

Assuming a reason for the pretext of voting still exists.

True, current simulation is not the same as consciousness. But who among us can predict what will be developed a year from now, or 10 years, or 50...?

We, and our children, certainly are living in interesting times.