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The text argues against the creation of artificial conscious agents, suggesting that humanity has a surplus of natural conscious agents and only requires intelligent tools without rights or feelings. It explores the philosophical and legal difficulties of treating AI as morally responsible agents capable of signing binding contracts, noting that their lack of vulnerability and mortality makes credible commitment impossible. The author recounts a seminar challenge regarding robot autonomy and references works by Joanna J. Bryson.
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| Name | Role | Context |
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| Matthias Scheutz | ||
| Joanna J. Bryson | ||
| Yorick Wilks | ||
| Watson |
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| Name | Type | Context |
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| Tufts | ||
| John Benjamins |
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Seminar at Tufts on artificial agents and autonomy
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"We don’t need artificial conscious agents."Source
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"Tools do not have rights, and should not have feelings that could be hurt"Source
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"Give me the specs for a robot that could sign a binding contract with you—not as a surrogate for some human owner but on its own."Source
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"The problem for robots who might want to attain such an exalted status is that, like Superman, they are too invulnerable to be able to make a credible promise."Source
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