To recap, Val's points are:
1) Do robots count as self-aware, and/or as living?
2) Do we have the right to control what they think?
As of now:
1) No.
2) Yes...well, sort of. Control HOW they think, control HOW MUCH they can think, that sort of thing.
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate.
Zeke: It comes nateurally to him.
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