But I think it is right, nonetheless, to think of ourselves as being measured. Even if AIs are not moral patients: did we try, actually, to find out? Even if AI is not like slavery: would we have stopped if it were?
Picard tells the judge:
The decision you reach here today will determine how we will regard this creation of our genius. It will reveal the kind of a people we are, what he is destined to be. It will reach far beyond this courtroom and this one android. It could significantly redefine the boundaries of personal liberty and freedom, expanding them for some, savagely curtailing them for others. Are you prepared to
