This is a great distinction to highlight, though I find it surprising that you haven’t addressed any of the ways that providing AI’s with rights could go horribly wrong (maybe you’ve written on this in the past, if so, you could just drop a link).
In an initial post, I argued that, rather than escalating the chances of things going horribly wrong, giving AIs legal freedoms would likely reduce violent takeover risk. Of course, one could be concerned with peaceful AI takeover, and label such an outcome horrible even if it does not occur through violent means. Therefore, in my second post in this series, I’ve provided a moral argument for embracing peaceful AI takeover. In a future article, I intend to discuss whether empowering AIs with legal rights will inevitably doom humanity, either causing human welfare to decline or the total destruction of the human species in the long-run.
This is a great distinction to highlight, though I find it surprising that you haven’t addressed any of the ways that providing AI’s with rights could go horribly wrong (maybe you’ve written on this in the past, if so, you could just drop a link).
In an initial post, I argued that, rather than escalating the chances of things going horribly wrong, giving AIs legal freedoms would likely reduce violent takeover risk. Of course, one could be concerned with peaceful AI takeover, and label such an outcome horrible even if it does not occur through violent means. Therefore, in my second post in this series, I’ve provided a moral argument for embracing peaceful AI takeover. In a future article, I intend to discuss whether empowering AIs with legal rights will inevitably doom humanity, either causing human welfare to decline or the total destruction of the human species in the long-run.