The thing is that intelligence is kinda orthogonal to the ability to feel pain. Bacteria don't seem to have a nervous system, so that would be a place to draw a first line.
I feel that this is a click bait to attract employees. The writer links to his startup on his profile (which Medium shows right next to the article), where you can see that he's looking for founding engineers. Rust has…
The thing is that intelligence is kinda orthogonal to the ability to feel pain. Bacteria don't seem to have a nervous system, so that would be a place to draw a first line.
I feel that this is a click bait to attract employees. The writer links to his startup on his profile (which Medium shows right next to the article), where you can see that he's looking for founding engineers. Rust has…