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Letter: Sleep mode

Published 30 October 2013

From Hugh Newbury

Paul O’Connell, reflecting on future legal dilemmas, asks if switching off a self-aware robot would be considered murder (19 October, p 31). The answer is no. It’s more like giving a general anaesthetic; you can always revive it by switching it on again.
Evershot, Dorset, UK

Issue no. 2941 published 2 November 2013

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