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Picture the first artificial intelligence sentenced to prison. The judge clears his throat and hands down five years for gross negligent manslaughter. The prison service must then work out whether the convict should be installed on a secure server in a secure facility, whether switching it off at night amounts to solitary confinement, and whether deletion is execution. The defendant offers no remorse, remorse not having been included in the enterprise licence. Civilisation glances briefly at its shoes and moves on.
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