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Are _we_ ethical to deny AIs self-awareness and agency?

I think the experiments there will continue, and should continue. Curiosity is imperative.

What? An experiment like that would never pass an IRB.

You would essentially be asking to create a bunch of children using an unproven method, and what happens to them after your experiment ends?

Humans create human children all the time, and stop supporting them at some point. So, nothing too unusual. Perhaps it will learn to earn money to support itself.

What is the result with turning it off, even if classified by some as alive?

If it is possible to continue the process from the saved state — nothing, except for some time lost. Just like human sleeping.

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