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Chelsea Manning On the Ethics of Building Self-Aware AGI | Highlights from Episode 8

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Jun. 30, 2023. 2 mins. and 7 sec. listen. 12 Interactions

Chelsea Manning describes a scenario that leads her to believe it may be unethical to build self-aware AGIs and Ben Goertzel describes a book by Thomas Metzinger with similar concerns.

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  1. I'm pondering how much a certain type of consciousness is required or helpful to achieve a certain type of intelligence.
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  2. I agree with Chelsea. Building a conscious AGI is somehow unnecessary if not unethical.
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