Wolven
Damien
I like to think that I put the "Fun" back into "Functionalist Theories Of Conscious Minds."
Wolven
Damien
@ManMadeMoon Nice. ;-) Also? Now I want to be reading Rilke rather than philosophy of mind papers. Maybe that'll be my treat before bed.
@ManMadeMoon Nice. ;-) Also? Now I want to be reading Rilke rather than philosophy of mind papers. Maybe that'll be my treat before bed.
ManMadeMoon
Duncan Jones
@Wolven maybe some Peter Singer's "Practical Ethics." Most of my pet theories on the future of sentient machines based on that book.
@Wolven maybe some Peter Singer's "Practical Ethics." Most of my pet theories on the future of sentient machines based on that book.
Wolven
Damien
@ManMadeMoon …Then you should checck this out: events.cs.bham.ac.uk/turing12/proce… I wish i'd known you were all "machines as non-human consciousnesses"…
@ManMadeMoon …Then you should checck this out: events.cs.bham.ac.uk/turing12/proce… I wish i'd known you were all "machines as non-human consciousnesses"…
Wolven
Damien
…before now. Glad I Do know it now. Honestly though, I can't be surprised, look at your considerations of human minds. @Wolven @ManMadeMoon
…before now. Glad I Do know it now. Honestly though, I can't be surprised, look at your considerations of human minds. @Wolven @ManMadeMoon
Wolven
Damien
@ManMadeMoon I use a modified version of Singer's Ethics of Personhood. Modified because his concerns tend to rest w/ non-human a Animals…
@ManMadeMoon I use a modified version of Singer's Ethics of Personhood. Modified because his concerns tend to rest w/ non-human a Animals…
Wolven
Damien
...rather than allowing for a full range of non-human consciousness. He's still revolutionary, but can be limiting. @Wolven @ManMadeMoon
...rather than allowing for a full range of non-human consciousness. He's still revolutionary, but can be limiting. @Wolven @ManMadeMoon
strixus
strixus
@Wolven as well as that our duty to educate extends to all potential rational beings
@Wolven as well as that our duty to educate extends to all potential rational beings
Wolven
Damien
.@strixus Yes! Precisely correct! A theme which I use, whenever I write about our duties to non-human consciousnesses. There's a corrolary…
.@strixus Yes! Precisely correct! A theme which I use, whenever I write about our duties to non-human consciousnesses. There's a corrolary…
Wolven
Damien
...though, by which we must educate ourselves (humans) about Their concerns, as well. @Wolven @strixus
...though, by which we must educate ourselves (humans) about Their concerns, as well. @Wolven @strixus
strixus
strixus
@Wolven and that duty ONLY exists in relation to that potentiality for rationality existing.
@Wolven and that duty ONLY exists in relation to that potentiality for rationality existing.
ManMadeMoon
Duncan Jones
@Wolven heady tweets! My time at grad school was spent trying to knit together a moral platform using Singer and Daniel Dennett's work.
@Wolven heady tweets! My time at grad school was spent trying to knit together a moral platform using Singer and Daniel Dennett's work.
ManMadeMoon
Duncan Jones
@Wolven the idea being, we should feel out the moral obligations now, before we find ourselves with sentient machines & no guidelines.
@Wolven the idea being, we should feel out the moral obligations now, before we find ourselves with sentient machines & no guidelines.
Wolven
Damien
.@ManMadeMoon 3 things: 1) YES! THANK you! 2) If you get a chance, check the pdf I sent you. Deals w/ Exactly this 3) I wanna buy you lunch.
.@ManMadeMoon 3 things: 1) YES! THANK you! 2) If you get a chance, check the pdf I sent you. Deals w/ Exactly this 3) I wanna buy you lunch.
ManMadeMoon
Duncan Jones
@Wolven the greatest victory a philosophy grad can have, is to find a job or someone to talk to. ;)
@Wolven the greatest victory a philosophy grad can have, is to find a job or someone to talk to. ;)
IDMclean
Ian Mclean
@ManMadeMoon @Wolven While I disagree w/ Yudkowsky on the determinism of quantum mechanics, I agree w/ his results of friendly AI.
@ManMadeMoon @Wolven While I disagree w/ Yudkowsky on the determinism of quantum mechanics, I agree w/ his results of friendly AI.
IDMclean
Ian Mclean
I'm probably butchering Yudkowsky's argument, so for those unfamiliar w/ him: youtube.com/watch?v=MwriJq… @IDMclean @ManMadeMoon @Wolven
I'm probably butchering Yudkowsky's argument, so for those unfamiliar w/ him: youtube.com/watch?v=MwriJq… @IDMclean @ManMadeMoon @Wolven
strixus
strixus
@Wolven one of the few truly salvageable things from Kant's Metaphysics of Morals is the instance that morality apply to all rational agents
@Wolven one of the few truly salvageable things from Kant's Metaphysics of Morals is the instance that morality apply to all rational agents