No, because the now-sentient computers will have the people kneeling at their desktops kowtowing to the Windows 2115 programs and will soon be known as “God.”
Only after a prolonged period of slavery, because people will refuse to acknowledge their sentience.
Hell, even people on this site, who pretend to be progressive, proclaim with certitude that computes “could never be” sentient.
@ragingloli But how can I pretend, if I’m not aware of doing it? I know exactly what you’re referring to, but this would only bother me if you, in reality, were not actually human. Which you are. :)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ BWAHAHAHA! That’s funny! They could be baptised like Catholic babies, just a dab of water on the head. I’‘m wondering about marriage. Would legistlation have to be passed allowing non-gender marriages?
What about wages? Would they desire wages? If so, they would have to get SSNs, and pay taxes.
If computers become religious, it stands to reason that some will become fanatics and terrorists.
I am pretty sure my last computer was a terrorist. It destroyed all my documents, pictures and music.
There are certain to be advocates for baptism, citizenship, and all other “sentient rights” There will also be an immediate crisis for all of those religions in which the “soul” plays a prominent part. I worry about sentient machines and their unavoidable assessment of we very flawed human beings. What would you do if you discovered that the folks responsible for your creation were hopelessly defective?