Moral consideration for AI systems by 2030

J Sebo, R Long - AI and Ethics, 2023 - Springer
This paper makes a simple case for extending moral consideration to some AI systems by
2030. It involves a normative premise and a descriptive premise. The normative premise is …

Mind the matter: Active matter, soft robotics, and the making of bio-inspired artificial intelligence

D Harrison, W Rorot, U Laukaityte - Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Philosophical and theoretical debates on the multiple realisability of the cognitive have
historically influenced discussions of the possible systems capable of instantiating complex …

Will humans ever become conscious? Jiddu Krishnamurti's thought about AI as a fresh perspective on current debates

S Tubali - AI & SOCIETY, 2024 - Springer
Abstract In 1980, the 85 year-old mystic and thinker Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986), having
been introduced to the subject of artificial intelligence by computer scientists, became …

[PDF][PDF] Taking AI welfare seriously

R Long, J Sebo, P Butlin, K Finlinson, K Fish… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - jeffsebo.net
In this report, we argue that there is a realistic possibility that some AI systems will be
conscious and/or robustly agentic in the near future. That means that the prospect of AI …

The ethical implications of panpsychism

J Gottlieb, B Fischer - Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The history of philosophy is a history of moral circle expansion. This history correlates with a
history of expansionism about consciousness. Recently, expansionism about consciousness …

Consciousness without biology: An argument from anticipating scientific progress

L Dung - philpapers.org
I present two arguments for the view that it is nomologically possible that some non-
biological creatures are conscious, including conventional, silicon-based AI systems. They …