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“Newitz has enough ideas in Terraformers for ten novels – expect talking moose, an array of hominid species, and sentient trains – and tackles a whole range of themes. Personhood, and its relationship to intelligence and ability to consent, are particularly central: if personhood is tied to intelligence, but persons are designed and decanted with their intelligence pre-determined, what are the implications? And what labour can be asked of a conscious being without the intelligence to enter the bargain? The lines between artificial intelligence and organic have long been blurred in this world, and these questions affect everyone.” Read more...
