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AIs need to be alive. Without being alive, there is no morality.

• johnisgood 1y ago
  So a moral system is tied to sentience? It is a philosophical position, it is not a universally accepted truth. I think non-sentient entities can possess or implement a moral system. They can be programmed with ethical constraints, or behave in accordance with a moral framework, or enforce for certain ethical outcomes. You could simulate moral behavior, too. I mean, heck, there are chess engines that avoid unethical strategies like stalling, which is a perfect example of what I just said.
  • conartist6 1y ago
    The simplest version of the argument is "guns don't kill people." If a gun killing a person was a result of the gun needing to reform its ethics, we would send the gun to prison. A gun might be said to kill a person when it has a design flaw and fires without any human's intent (as Sig Sauer's guns have apparently been doing) but the moral responsibility for that lies with the manufacturer.
    • conartist6 1y ago
      I use this argument partly because I already hate it though. It's commonly used by people who have moral responsibility for perpetuating a system of gun violence who want to pretend that they do not
    • johnisgood 1y ago
      I agree with "guns don't kill people", and they are not programmed to "kill people [without human intervention]", but their purpose is something along those lines and are produced for such reasons. Still, it requires a human for the gun to kill someone. The gun has no intent.
• tim333 1y ago
  Are you not familiar with The Evil Dead?