The Friday Times says machine sentience raises questions of responsibility and oversight
Economist Tyler Cowen and podcaster Dwarkesh Patel discuss what defines consciousness in AI and how people should act if it meets those criteria.
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What happened
The debate over whether machines can be sentient is drawing new attention. The Friday Times argues that it raises deep questions about moral responsibility, corporate power, human suffering and democratic oversight. In a New York Times video, Cowen and Patel ask what defines consciousness and whether switching off computers could amount to killing AI.
Coverage
- Video: Opinion | Dwarkesh Patel Is Happy If A.I. Is Conscious (The New York Times)
- Opinion | An A.I. Manifesto to End All A.I. Manifestoes (The New York Times)
- Consciousness, Power And The Politics Of Thinking Machines (thefridaytimes.com)
- Inside Google DeepMind’s New AI Ethics Frontier (spectrum.ieee.org)
- Opinion | The Flawed Search for a Chatbot’s Soul (The New York Times)
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