The Antinatalist Advocacy Podcast
Society & Culture:Philosophy
AAP Ep. 12 - Introduction to Artificial Sentience with Space Science Guy
Welcome to episode 12 of AAP! We're joined this month by return guest Space Science Guy (formerly Vegan Space Scientist) to introduce our fourth and final cause area at AA - Artificial Sentience. What on earth is artificial sentience? What does it have to with antinatalism? And what, if anything, can we do to protect potentially sentient AI from the harms of coming into existence? Let us know your thoughts below!
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro to the episode
02:18 Intro to Michael
05:02 Defining sentience
12:56 How Michael first became aware of artificial sentience
16:17 Why artificial sentience is an area of concern
28:07 Why this is a particularly challenging issue to address
31:57 Why might antinatalists in particular be concerned about artificial sentience?
37:02 Arguments against being concerned about artificial sentience
39:39 How we can have a positive impact on this issue
44:10 Key players in this space
47:28 Final comments / positive note to end on
53:49 Outro
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