Thanks for this great project! Do you also plan to estimate the welfare range conditional on consciousness, or the probability of positive or negative experiences conditional on consciousness?
Not at the moment. Consciousness is tricky enough as it is. The field is interested in looking more closely at valence independently of consciousness, given that valence seems more tractable and you could at least confirm that AIs don’t have valenced experience, but that lies a bit outside our focus for now.
Independently, we’re also very interested in how to capture the difference between positive and negative experiences in alien sorts of minds. It is often taken for granted based on human experience, but it isn’t trivial to say what it is.
The field is interested in looking more closely at valence independently of consciousness
Could you link the most relevant piece you are aware of? What do you mean by “independently”? Under hedonism, I think the probability of consciousness only matters to the extent it informs the probability of valences experiences.
you could at least confirm that AIs don’t have valenced experience
Interesting! How?
Independently, we’re also very interested in how to capture the difference between positive and negative experiences in alien sorts of minds. It is often taken for granted based on human experience, but it isn’t trivial to say what it is.
Makes sense. Without that, it would be very hard to improve digital welfare.
Thanks for this great project! Do you also plan to estimate the welfare range conditional on consciousness, or the probability of positive or negative experiences conditional on consciousness?
Not at the moment. Consciousness is tricky enough as it is. The field is interested in looking more closely at valence independently of consciousness, given that valence seems more tractable and you could at least confirm that AIs don’t have valenced experience, but that lies a bit outside our focus for now.
Independently, we’re also very interested in how to capture the difference between positive and negative experiences in alien sorts of minds. It is often taken for granted based on human experience, but it isn’t trivial to say what it is.
Could you link the most relevant piece you are aware of? What do you mean by “independently”? Under hedonism, I think the probability of consciousness only matters to the extent it informs the probability of valences experiences.
Interesting! How?
Makes sense. Without that, it would be very hard to improve digital welfare.