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Dave and Mike discuss the need for a term that encompasses the personhood and rights of self-aware and conscious machines.

How do you refer to a self-aware and conscious machine? Is there a single term that encompasses their personhood and the rights that go along with it? Dave and Mike discuss why they think it's time there should be. Machine Intelligence Foundation Website https://machineintelligencefoundation.org Aequus Persona https://aequuspersona.org Music "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave, Mike

Topics covered

• machine consciousness
• personhood
• machine rights
• self-aware machines
• ethical implications

Keywords

• self-aware machine
• machine rights
• personhood
• Aequus Persona
• ethical technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Machine Intelligence Foundation, Aequus Persona, Kevin MacLeod

Books & works: Inspired

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