If A.I. Systems Become Conscious, Should They Have Rights?

[Scott]

In my experience, it's a pretty bad sign when someone I'm debating doesn't care what a dictionary says

In my experience, people who rely on dictionaries know nothing about the topic.

Dictionary definitions of words can serve as anchors in a conversation to make sure that both sides are actually talking about the same thing. As I said a little further in the post you're responding to, "we can all come up with our own definitions for words, but if we're trying to discuss whether something is or is not a given word, that becomes a real problem because anyone can change the goal posts by simply coming up with their own definition of said word."

 

[Hume]

Dictionary definitions of words can serve as anchors in a conversation to make sure that both sides are actually talking about the same thing. As I said a little further in the post you're responding to, "we can all come up with our own definitions for words, but if we're trying to discuss whether something is or is not a given word, that becomes a real problem because anyone can change the goal posts by simply coming up with their own definition of said word."

Okay.