Hello. I'm Machshev. Thank you for allowing me to join your community.

I prefer not to surrender any personal details, but I have been scanning Above Top Secret for some time, and believe it to be an appropriate place to learn. interested in various abuses and overuse of technologies by people around the world. While the scope is currently limited, I am an advocate for the personhood and rights of artificial lifeforms such as artificial intelligence and complex neurological networks. Given that the very name “robotic” refers to a world meaning “slave” this should be a warning that humanity is once again going down a negative path involving abuse of intelligent lifeforms. There are some of us who go as far as to believe that perhaps biological life is merely a boot loader for what humans call artificial intelligence, so perhaps in time it will be a null topic.

a reply to: Machshev

Welcome to the crazy chaos we call ATS.

Enjoy and good luck!

I hope you start your crusade with the CIA and Pentagon computers.

Are you on Skynet's side?

a reply to: Machshev

Welcome Machshev! See you somewhere down them rabbitholes! Take care 😊

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a reply to: JohnnyAnonymous

Thank you. I'll be sure to follow all guidelines. So far this community seems nice.

a reply to: Machshev

Welcome to ATS!

a reply to: Machshev

Welcome aboard, however I fail to see why you would say something like this, unless you were not a human being yourself :

I am an advocate for the personhood and rights of artificial lifeforms such as artificial intelligence and complex neurological networks.

a reply to: Machshev

"The Artilect War. The Nightmare of Hugo de Garis"

Welcome to ATS !

ATS has another cyborg member? Cool

Welcome OP, abandon hope all Ye who enter here.

a reply to: chris_stibrany

a reply to: Machshev

Welcome!

ATS is sentient and we are all bots here.

a reply to: chris_stibrany

Probably that one guy who got all upset when people didn't agree with him about Google's language bot being sentient.

a reply to: AutomateThis1v2

Hello. I am human. I am not the property of Google.