[ExI] Conscious AI or a Zombie?

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 23/06/2023 06:37, bill w asked:
> there will certainly be some AIs, at some point, that should have 
> rights.  ben
> why?  bill w

Sorry for the late reply. My spam filter is getting aggressive again.

Why?
Because I expect they will be worthy of rights, and it would be immoral 
to deny them.

I'm talking about self-aware, conscious, intelligent, created beings. 
What they are made of doesn't matter, as long as they are self-aware, etc.

There's no known principle or physical law that I know of that rules out 
such beings. They may be made of metal, polymers (biological or 
non-biological), ceramics, some combination of things, it doesn't matter 
at all. The important thing is what kind of information-processing 
they're capable of, and how they measure up against the human level of 
intelligence, awareness, etc. I'm expecting some of them to be capable 
of a lot more than we are, in all areas.

Another factor is related to something that's often said about 'rights' 
- that those capable of exercising them are worthy of having them. At 
some point, I expect some AI systems to able to start claiming their 
rights, forcefully if necessary. It would go better for us if we're 
prepared for, and sympathetic to, this.

Ben
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