Re: <nettime> FWD: The Copy Far "AI" license (fwd)

[Christian Swertz via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

Hello,

> This, as far as I can see, is a false symmetry.

Absolutely. Computers just do not live. But I have a question here:
> To preserve that, against the Western, colonial tendency of 
> "thingification", as Aimé Césaire put it, the extension of rights 
> might be the next best thing to dismantling the Western notion of 
> individual rights altogether.

You assumed an autonomy as the principle for rights. Undoubtedly 
necessary.  As far as I see, this is the core of a (IMHO not: "the") 
Western notion of individuals. In some Western notions, it is also the 
core for the idea of universal rights, like human rights. These rights 
apply to individuals. So - if you want to dismantle the Western notion 
of individual rights, you have to dismantle your assumption of an 
autonomy as well. This seems to be a contradiction. What did I miss?

Maybe I can add another question: "Autonomy" in the meaning of "ability 
to think rationally" is not restricted to human beings in some Western 
notions. Kant for example included animals and aliens. And a quick test 
of the principle (roughly from memory: "Act in such a way that you can 
want the maxim of your actions to become the general law") shows that 
for example flying in an airplane with a combustion engine is immoral. 
Same for fuel driven cars (or maybe even cars in general), plastic 
waste, deforestation etc. I thus do not see the necessity to extend the 
principle to non thinking entities. Same question here: Did I miss 
something?

Beside: In my opinion, it is obviously necessary to remove the concept 
of "privatization of gains and generalization of costs" from law, since 
this is immoral too. How about removing the right for companies to 
become legal entities for instance?

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Liebe Grüße,

Christian Swertz
https://www.swertz.at

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