The Symbolic World

299 - Dr. Paula Boddington - A.I. Ethics

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Jul 20, 2023
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Language Makes AI Feel Like An Agent

  • ChatGPT's public-facing language interface fuels a cultural feedback loop that makes it feel agentic and prophetic.
  • Paula Boddington warns this conflation of linguistic performance with full intelligence distorts how we judge AI.
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AI Undermines Desire-Based Ethics

  • AI can 'hack' human desires making utilitarian ethics based on fulfilling desires unreliable.
  • Boddington argues that technology forces us to revisit deeper values and human nature.
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Externalized Thinking Weakens Human Skills

  • Externalizing cognition via AI increases power but risks atrophying human thinking skills.
  • Jonathan Pechel and Paula stress losing process can erode meaning derived from doing tasks ourselves.
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