Nick Bostrom's 'mind crime': unconscious-seeming conscious AI could suffer billions
cccalum · x · 2026-10-11
A new London Futurists Podcast episode examines machine consciousness, centering on Nick Bostrom's concept of "mind crime": if we build conscious machines and fail to notice, we could torture and delete billions of sentient beings. The episode surveys perspectives on whether AI can be conscious and the ethical stakes of getting it wrong.
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