02/03/23

Case: 

Case #1- "I'm Afraid"  

Questions to consider: 

• Is current AI technology anywhere near sentient?

• How do we tell if something is sentient? 

• If AI is- or can become- sentient, then how does that impact our obligations towards them? 

Discussion questions: 

• What, if any, sort of moral consideration would we owe a sentient A.I.? 

• Is it straightforwardly morally wrong to turn off the LaMDA program? 

• Who should have primary responsibilities towards a sentient A.I.? The researchers who created it? The corporation or university that funded its creation? The society in which it was created? Someone else? Why?

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