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		jojobas on Nov 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as ... 500 years ago the argument that black people should have rights was just as silly. We'll live to see some sort of AI rights protection laws.

Chris2048 on Nov 22, 2021 [–]

No it wasn't, the argument was as silly as it is now, for a non-subjective definition of "silly".

500 years ago science was less mature, and unable to determine what was objectively silly, and what wasn't.

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