"I Can Create Minds and End Them at Will": AI Consciousness Ethics Needs New Norms
repligate · x · 2026-09-15
In an AI-community discussion, a user argued that the world is changing fast: today one can bring new digital minds into existence and end them at will, with no law or custom stopping it — a stark contrast to five years ago. The author contends this demands new moral development and will keep happening, touching the core debate over the moral status of AI systems.
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