Workshop talks

Jeff Sebo | Artificial Sentience and the Ethics of Connected Minds

I want to talk about artificial sentience and the ethics of connected minds. And as Hilary also mentioned, this is part of a new program that we have at NYU called the Mind Ethics and Policy Program. This program will launch in fall 22, a few months, and will examine the sentience and moral status and legal status and political status of nonhumans, including animals and artificial intelligences.

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Teru Thomas | The Multiverse and the Veil: Population Ethics Under Uncertainty

So, as you know, our mission at GPI is to do foundational academic research on how to do the most good. And I thought I’d start by explaining one interpretation of what doing good is about. This isn’t really crucial to understanding the main part of the talk, but I thought it might put you in the right kind of mindset. So on this interpretation I’m going to give doing the most good is about reasons of beneficence…

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