It is widely agreed that possession of consciousness contributes to an entity's moral status,
even if it is not necessary for moral status (Levy and Savulescu 2009). An entity is …

Elizabeth Hildt's (2023) notion of human-like artificial consciousness (AC) is vulnerable to
several objections. First, she ties it to traits such as subjectivity and to capacities for …

Consciousness plays an important role in debates around the mind-body problem, the
controversy over strong vs. weak artificial intelligence (AI), and bioethics. Strikingly …

Chapter Summary One of the primary ethical issues related to creating robust artificial
intelligences is how to engineer them to ensure that they will behave morally—ie that they …

CONCLUSION We may never know if machines can become conscious, but rapid advances
in AI mean that we are eventually likely to create machines that have every appearance of …

Can we conceive machines that can formulate autonomous intentions and make conscious
decisions? If so, how would this ability affect their ethical behavior? Some case studies help …

Can machines be conscious and what would be the ethical implications? This article gives
an overview of current robotics approaches toward machine consciousness and considers …

Numerous and diverse discussions about moral status have taken place over the years.
However, this concept was not born until the moral weight of non-human entities was raised …

As artificially intelligent systems become more anthropomorphic and pervasive, and their
potential impact on humanity more urgent, discussions about the possibility of machine …

In their paper, Hildt (2023) surveys several socioethical and regulatory issues arising from
research into, and the potential emergence of, artificial consciousness—synthetic beings …