animals

“Throughout history, we've treated some animals as property, as tools, some animals we've turned into our companions, and I think that that is how we're going to start integrating robotic technology as well. We're going to be treating a lot of it like products …”

“And I think we're forgetting that we have a ton of history with animals where we have things that we've treated as property that can make autonomous, unpredictable decisions that can cause harm.”

“We fancy ourselves as caring about, you know, the inner biological workings of the animals and whether animals can suffer, and we actually don't care about any of that. We care about what animals we relate to, and a lot of that is cultural and emotional, and a…”