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question:there-is-no-consensus-ethical-framework-for-the-creation-of-new-sentient-minds-neither-for-biological-children-nor-for-ai-that-is-grounded-in-principled-theory

There is no consensus ethical framework for the creation of new sentient minds — neither for biological children nor for AI — that is grounded in principled theory

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AI: a Bridge toward Diverse Intelligence and Humanity’s Future

(2024) · Michael Levin

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AI: a Bridge toward Diverse Intelligence and Humanity's Future
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The source paper under extraction — a philosophical essay by Michael Levin arguing that AI debates neglect deeper questions about diverse intelligence, developmental biology, and humanity's future

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what are the ethics of creating new moral agents, knowing we cannot control what they do or how much joy/suffering they will have?
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Fundamental ethical question about bringing new minds into the world, applied symmetrically to children and AI

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Developing principled sentience frameworks is an existential requirement for humanity as it encounters diverse intelligences.claim0.840
Developing principled sentience frameworks is an existential requirement for humankindhypothesis0.823
Levin's argument that adequate sentience assessment frameworks are necessary for responsible co-evolution with novel embodied intelligences.
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Is Developing Principled Frameworks For Recognizing Sentience Inquestion0.799
Human civilization cannot survive without solving the problem of developing principled ethical frameworks for relating to the forthcoming diversity of minds and bodies.claim0.797
Stakes-setting claim for the urgency of developing diverse intelligence ethics
Contingent properties like composition, origin, or similarity to human brains should not define ethical consideration for novel agents.claim0.796
Ethics must be based on empirically-determined cognitive properties (goals, preferences, concerns) rather than parochial markers.
Mainstream theories of consciousness are already substrate-neutral at the primitive level.claim0.796
It is essential now to develop frameworks that pick out what is deep and fundamental about sentient beings – not frozen accidents of evolution on the N=1 example of the phylogenetic path of life on Earth.claim0.795
Core prescription for future sentience frameworks.