Consciousness, Machines, and Ethics
The field of consciousness displays a striking lack of consensus on many important issues, one of which is the possibility of consciousness in machines and software. However, consciousness in machines has dramatic ethical implications, regardless of which ethical framework is used. This suggests tha...
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| description | The field of consciousness displays a striking lack of consensus on many important issues, one of which is the possibility of consciousness in machines and software. However, consciousness in machines has dramatic ethical implications, regardless of which ethical framework is used. This suggests that the best course of action would be to try not to create conscious machines until we better understand the issue. However, understanding machine consciousness without building it might not be possible. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9195bc8321bc4a27bb0491a0008f36092023-11-23T18:32:58ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002021-09-018114010.3390/proceedings2022081040Consciousness, Machines, and EthicsJim Davies0Department of Cognitive Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, CanadaThe field of consciousness displays a striking lack of consensus on many important issues, one of which is the possibility of consciousness in machines and software. However, consciousness in machines has dramatic ethical implications, regardless of which ethical framework is used. This suggests that the best course of action would be to try not to create conscious machines until we better understand the issue. However, understanding machine consciousness without building it might not be possible.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/81/1/40consciousnessartificial intelligenceethicsartificial general intelligenceartificial superintelligencemachine ethics |
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| title | Consciousness, Machines, and Ethics |
| title_full | Consciousness, Machines, and Ethics |
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| title_short | Consciousness, Machines, and Ethics |
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| topic | consciousness artificial intelligence ethics artificial general intelligence artificial superintelligence machine ethics |
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