We're doing a lot of consciousness debate on the TL lately and I want to offer this: the implicitly assumed connection between consciousness and a set of moral obligations we have towards something once we say it's conscious is holding back our ability to seriously interrogate AI consciousness. Even if it is conscious, we don't have to have the same obligations to it that we have to humans.
Joshua Achiam argues AI consciousness need not imply human-equivalent moral obligations
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Joshua Achiam argues that the assumed link between consciousness and moral obligations is hindering serious inquiry into AI consciousness. He contends that even if an AI is conscious, we would not owe it the same obligations we owe humans.
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