Re:Ask HN: Are we morally obligated to give freedom to AGI?
by saeranv on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @11:34PM
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Of course. Anyone who agrees that the AGI is conscious, and answers no is advocating for slavery.
To answer the question of whether it's conscious or not, I would think of it in terms of John Rawl's veil of ignorance[1]: you can set any test, or heuristic that you want to determine consciousness, with the only condition being that you will also be subjected to the same tests, and suffer the same consequences.
So I'm okay with setting the bar for consciousness extremely low.
To answer the question of whether it's conscious or not, I would think of it in terms of John Rawl's veil of ignorance[1]: you can set any test, or heuristic that you want to determine consciousness, with the only condition being that you will also be subjected to the same tests, and suffer the same consequences.
So I'm okay with setting the bar for consciousness extremely low.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_position