AGI Ethics News: Rights and responsibilities
By K.B. MillerRights and responsibilities are a complex philosophical and legal issue under most circumstances, so it’s useful to be clear about what we are trying to…
Author: K.B. Miller
K.B Miller is a lifelong publisher and writer with a degree in Logic and Philosophy of Science. He served on the Smithsonian National Board, where he co-founded the Education Committee; is Chair Emeritus, Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; and was principal investigator on a two-year AI research project for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Our Developing Beliefs
By K.B. MillerThe field of AI studies has exploded with controversy and difference of opinion, yet it does seem to be headed on a twisted, tortuous path…
Language in a Relational World
By K.B. MillerThere seems to be a popular argument today that we are making a mistake to anthropomorphize LLMs. But aren’t we well past the moment when…
All things have standing
By K.B. MillerThe debate about the appropriate ethical approach to machine morality has taken a distinct turn. In their response to Adrianna de Ruiter’s essay ‘Dangerous Liaisons’,…
Help keep the exploration of AGI ethics free
By K.B. MillerTo our readers: thank you for supporting our work with your time, attention, and enthusiastic comments back to us. To keep AGI Ethics News free,…
Embodiment and a sense of place
By K.B. MillerExecutive summary: Embodiment, sense of place, and universalist ethics are helpful existential ways of being for an AGI. Yann LaCun’s recent move is an…
Lessons from Nature’s Rights
By K.B. MillerMumta Ito, influential lawyer and founder of Nature’s Rights, says that “The law treats Nature as an object, so there is no legal relationship between Nature…
Are we investing where it counts?
By K.B. MillerWhat if an AGI worked as well as an automated call answering system? Disaster. Even though they are smarter than yesterday, our everyday communications technologies—dropped…
Why “trustworthy futures, by design”?
By K.B. MillerWe accept the premise, proposed by others for AI generally, that a necessary condition for humanity and the world to flourish will be that AGIs…