Computo Ergo Sum: Should AI Be Self-Aware?

Artificial intelligence is often portrayed in fiction as having consciousness. In reality, making AI self-aware may not be useful. Unfortunately, that doesn’t preclude things from going horribly wrong.

By Lorenzo Migliorato | February 1, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence, Law, Safety | 2001: A Space Odyssey, Accountability, AI, AlphaGo, Asimov's Laws, Autonomy, Consciousness, DeepMind, Dystopia, Eric Schwitzgebel, HAL, Intelligence, Isaac Asimov, Mara Garza, Morality, Nick Bostrom, Robots, Self-Awareness, Stanley Kubrick, Steve Omohundro, Steve Petersen, Virginia Dignum

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