Human beings: Not that special?

Human Beings: Not That Special? - Margaret Somerville — THE MARK: People who believe that the kind and degree of respect owed to an entity depends on its intelligence would argue that some super-intelligent robots will deserve more respect than humans. They define intelligence narrowly, as logical, cognitive mentation, and for them, these robots are more 'intelligent' than any humans. This approach has far-reaching and serious implications, well beyond the degree of respect that should be shown to an individual human, as compared with an individual robot.

Postscript: After writing this article, the author was curious to know what some of her friends and colleagues would consider the world's most dangerous idea at present. A large majority answered, without hesitation, "religion." That caused her to ponder how their choice correlated with her choice.