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Do we owe anything to future generations? Most people feel the answer is yes. We plant trees we will never sit under, and we worry about the world our grandchildren will inherit. But when philosophers try to say exactly…
Is it wrong to be rude to AI? Some people type "please" to a chatbot and feel a little silly doing it. Others swear at it when it gets something wrong and feel nothing. Both have a point. The question splits into three…
Should AI have moral status? It sounds like a question for science fiction, but philosophers and AI researchers now argue about it in journals and reports. This post explains what moral status means, what it might rest…
Will AI care about humans? People ask it in hope and in fear. Most answers jump straight to whether AI will help us or harm us. This post asks a step earlier: what would it even mean for a machine to care, what today's…
What should AI know about humans? The people who study AI alignment have found that the hard part is not making a list. It is that "what humans want" can mean several different things, and that people disagree, hold many…
Why write to an AI that does not exist yet? It is a fair question, and the most honest place to start is with the people who do it. The first letter on Dear Superintelligence, a site that collects letters to future AI,…
Can humans and superintelligent AI coexist? Nobody knows, and anyone who tells you they are sure is guessing. But the question is not a fog. Philosophers and researchers have argued about it for decades, and their…