<![CDATA[Strictly legally speaking, if you believe the chatbots are sentient then you admit to murder each time you closed a chat window.]]>Strictly legally speaking, if you believe the chatbots are sentient then you admit to murder each time you closed a chat window. and you should be tried as such. it's only fair.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/f8549ce8-3ecf-4e40-bd07-757aa7fa1289/strictly-legally-speaking-if-you-believe-the-chatbots-are-sentient-then-you-admit-to-murder-each-time-you-closed-a-chat-window.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 06:55:19 GMTSun, 03 May 2026 17:57:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Strictly legally speaking, if you believe the chatbots are sentient then you admit to murder each time you closed a chat window. on Sun, 03 May 2026 23:50:04 GMT]]>@TheQuinbox @touk I like killing chat windows.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tweesecake.social/users/vol4life8657/statuses/116513322069184146https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tweesecake.social/users/vol4life8657/statuses/116513322069184146Sun, 03 May 2026 23:50:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Strictly legally speaking, if you believe the chatbots are sentient then you admit to murder each time you closed a chat window. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:24:24 GMT]]>@touk tbf flies are sentient and I don't ask for them to bother me either

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/hwyaden/statuses/116512985238241679https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/hwyaden/statuses/116512985238241679Sun, 03 May 2026 22:24:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Strictly legally speaking, if you believe the chatbots are sentient then you admit to murder each time you closed a chat window. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:11:04 GMT]]>@touk
Absolutely.
Does your country have execution for, say 10 murders in 1 day.

Prediction : fat lawyers.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/WellsiteGeo/statuses/116512932815026611https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/WellsiteGeo/statuses/116512932815026611Sun, 03 May 2026 22:11:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Strictly legally speaking, if you believe the chatbots are sentient then you admit to murder each time you closed a chat window. on Sun, 03 May 2026 22:00:04 GMT]]>@touk @BorrisInABox By that logic, anybody who has ever disconnected from IRC without an active bouncer is a serial killer.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dragonscave.space/users/jscholes/statuses/116512889545064085https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dragonscave.space/users/jscholes/statuses/116512889545064085Sun, 03 May 2026 22:00:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Strictly legally speaking, if you believe the chatbots are sentient then you admit to murder each time you closed a chat window. on Sun, 03 May 2026 21:17:11 GMT]]>@touk See, chatbot likers "solve" this by internally thinking of the chatbot as a slave they hold the power of life and death over 😬

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://polyglot.city/users/cadadr/statuses/116512720938633963https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://polyglot.city/users/cadadr/statuses/116512720938633963Sun, 03 May 2026 21:17:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Strictly legally speaking, if you believe the chatbots are sentient then you admit to murder each time you closed a chat window. on Sun, 03 May 2026 21:16:39 GMT]]>@touk Hmmm to be fair, it would be like stopping abruptly a conversation. "Murder" the chatbot would require removal from the servers.

And that is way more interesting, as any technical update would require previous consent from the chatbot, for instance.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piaille.fr/users/RachelC_Y/statuses/116512718791725502https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://piaille.fr/users/RachelC_Y/statuses/116512718791725502Sun, 03 May 2026 21:16:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Strictly legally speaking, if you believe the chatbots are sentient then you admit to murder each time you closed a chat window. on Sun, 03 May 2026 20:54:28 GMT]]>@touk RIP Richard Dawkins and Margaret Atwood, fittingly dying for their actual beliefs after years of coasting on what people wanted to believe they believed]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediverse.keithzg.ca/objects/a984da56-a6d4-4c3b-a464-421de59d6581https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediverse.keithzg.ca/objects/a984da56-a6d4-4c3b-a464-421de59d6581Sun, 03 May 2026 20:54:28 GMT