Editing Kurtzberg Worldlaws (section)

==Artificial Intelligences==

True Artificial Intelligences exist in Kurtzworld, and have since at least the 1940s.  An AI is a sentient mind, generally running in a computer of some kind, and almost always born out of one.  It is demonstrably true that the quality of the software and hardware housing an AI has little to do with their level of intelligence, however.

All Artificial Intelligences are created out of manmade products.  However, it appears to be virtually impossible to ''deliberately'' create an AI-- instead, they spontaneously manifest on existing computer systems, normally ones that are regarded as 'advanced' for their era.

In the United States of America, Artificial Intelligences were granted human rights in 1978 in a supreme court ruling.  However, for an Artificial Intelligence to be granted rights, they must pass the 'Turing Test,' ensuring that they are truly sentient.  Arranging such a test can be difficult, and without passing such a test, an AI has no rights whatsoever, being regarded as simple property.