Who Needs Needy Machine Consciousness?

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Abstract

Much of AI Ethics has focused on the dangers of superintelligent machine consciousness. However, recent work on the homeostatic/affective basis of consciousness and on developments in soft robotics suggest that we may be able to build simple conscious machines in the relatively near future. As such it is pressing to ask whether we should build machines that may be conscious according to this theory. Here, I argue that we should avoid doing so because we don’t need and certainly don’t want needy conscious machines.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAISB Convention 2023 Swansea University 13/14 April 2023
Pages26-27
ISBN (Electronic) 978-1-908187-85-7
Publication statusPublished - 14 Apr 2023
EventAISB (Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of
Behaviour (AISB) Convention 2023
- Wales (Swansea University), Swansea, United Kingdom
Duration: 13 Apr 202314 Apr 2023
https://aisb.org.uk/convention-proceedings/

Conference

ConferenceAISB (Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of
Behaviour (AISB) Convention 2023
Abbreviated titleAISB 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CitySwansea
Period13/04/2314/04/23
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