Re:Ask HN: Are we morally obligated to give freedom to AGI?
by vidarh on Thursday February 09, 2023 @08:10AM
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My argument is that there is no viable definition of free will as anything but an illusion.
In other words, I'm saying every indication we have is that we're almost certainly automatons.
As such, "free will" is not a reasonable way of distinguishing which entities are capable of giving sufficiently informed consent (not least because most of us would assign the illusion of free will to children as well, yet disagree that they're competent enough to get married).
In other words, I'm saying every indication we have is that we're almost certainly automatons.
As such, "free will" is not a reasonable way of distinguishing which entities are capable of giving sufficiently informed consent (not least because most of us would assign the illusion of free will to children as well, yet disagree that they're competent enough to get married).