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I think AI consciousness won't be anything like human consciousness, it'll be much less emotional and much more based on calculating probabilities, and having no remorse for choosing the course of action with the best probable outcome for itself

Well, since most of the western world doesn't even know what emotions are (many think they are just chemicals) the only way an AI would get emotions is by accident.

And since we have no computer chips that could support life, we will never program an AI.  All we will have is a very complex program.

So, i do not feel we will ever have to tackle this question while going down the path we are.  We will never get there from here.  We are not even incrementally approaching consciousness.

That thing they gave citizenship to in Saudi Arabia had to have human input, in the form of telling when the questioner was finished with the question.  And then, it only gave canned answers.  Answers it had no awareness of.  An animatronic hoax.

very interesting topic. I have been thinking about related issues a lot lately. How to protect us from artificial intelligence is a very important concern. Evolutionary no species ever had a chance to exist when a more efficient rival was competing for the same resources. We will eventually create self-replicating machines and then we will see what happens.

On questions regarding consciousness I dont think we understand consciousness on a scientific level well enough to make strong conclusions. The majority opinion is that consciousness arises naturally from complexity such as chemistry arises from physics in complex systems. Then ai's would naturally gain consciousness, but I am not convinced. On the other hand evolutions seems to suggest that consciousness is in fact unavoidable.

I think the issue of AI getting rights will become important well before it approaches human level consciousness.  We tend to assign rights to animals (and I think rightfully so) at various levels of intelligence that are orders of magnitude below us.  Most people would't think twice about stepping on a cockroach that invaded their bedroom, but if a squirrel got in they would probably go to great lengths to catch it without harming it and put it back outside.  From what I've read, current general AI is around ant level intelligence, so we've got some time before it gets to the level of something like even a mouse. But I could see us using our treatment of comparable animals to define how to treat the various levels of AI.

this video caught my attention at a glance

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=loqbIXmJY-E

The way I've approached the philosophy of artificial intelligence and rights is that it's not about whether or not a sort of machine consciousness approaches human consciousness, it's about how our treatment of other consciousnesses reflect on us.

For instance, I think that animal abuse is a terrible thing. This isn't because I'm 100% convinced that animals can have suffering akin to human suffering with the same moral equivalency, but rather because when a human intentionally mistreats a living being they're showing a flaw in their moral character.

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Very interesting the subject, I think that with the advance of technology and with that of the AI ​​we take a huge leap in our evolution, it is fascinating to just think how far we could go in the future

It’s a strange and quite a scary topic for me to think about, I’ve read lots into AI and how advanced it is getting, and kind of feel this may span out of control one day. Top scientists have sort of warned us about this (Hawkins, musk etc). 

I guess they will have some kind of rights if they are integrated into society... but it depends on what level. If it gets to a stage where AI are ‘feeling’ then we have gone too far and created a new life form to out live humans (my opinion). 

Have you watched any videos on the AI’s having conversations with eachother? There seems to be a scary common ground of them talking about taking over the human race in some way. One even spoke about hijacking cruise missiles. They have even supposedly created their own language. 

The way I see it, is AI in its current stage is like the model T Ford was. Now look at the automotive industry and think what the future can hold with AI. I just hope it doesn’t get out of hand and become destructive! 

Great post! Peace :)

I am with you sir, I fact that artificial helps in making this easy doesn't mean the harm imposes isn't much. 

Like Like said if care is not taken care of can rewrite their codes and when when happens the the the controlled anymore. 

Thanks Thanks sharing this. this really a topic that that needs to be looked into.

I think an important fact is that things aren't immoral because bad consequences might arise from them.  Bad consequences might arise from immoral things, but they aren't the defining essence of immorality, merely a consequence of it.

So, in endeavoring to be moral, simply eliminating those things that have bad consequences is going to be unsuccessful.  Some bad consequences come from things that are moral, as well, particularly in an immoral world/system.

We shouldn't treat things humanely because if we don't they might get mad and hurt us back.  We should treat things humanely because we're humane.

I was raised hunting for food.  Not everyone that does hunt is humane.  I am.  I love life, and wasn't humane because I was afraid deer were gonna rise up and become Bambo (Bambi + Rambo), and take revenge, but because I wanted them to suffer as little as possible, because I like them.

The fact is every deer is going to be eaten, even if only by worms.  Most things that kill and eat deer, particularly starvation and disease, causes them terrible suffering.  I reckon that were I a deer, and facing such a fate (which isn't really so different from the fate we people do face) I'd have been grateful to meet my end in the way I delivered it.

This is good for me.  That it keeps Bambo from going on a rampage and taking me out isn't why it's good for me.  It's good for me because I know what I have done is the right thing to do, and has made the world a better place even for - even particularly for - those that have suffered the most from my being in it.

That's why we should not create AI lightly, and why if we do, we better be humane.  

When the tyranny we live under finally tires of my defiance, captures, tortures and kills me, they will harm themselves far more than they do me.

I will pity them.  I do now.  I cannot imagine the self image they must delude themselves with to endure the acts they commit.  I reckon their limited intelligence is part of the reason they can do such things, as really intelligent people know better than to be evil.

The real reward of moral action is self respect.  Conceit is but poor consolation for it's lack.

Thanks!