Lightly edited transcript of a talk given at NYU AI Safety, November 9, 2026. Recording available at https://youtu.be/6WpRfW1d4CM Joseph Wright of Derby, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction What can we buy while the question of AI consciousness stays open? My answer turns on a distinction between duties to a...
I've been thinking about the Sebo et al. paper Taking AI Welfare Seriously, which features one of my favorite philosophers, David Chalmers (I have a signed copy of his anthology of mind, full fan here). While I appreciate their careful treatment of consciousness (we genuinely face deep uncertainty here, so...
Thesis Statement[1] Current arguments for AGI can be distilled to arguments for specific capabilities, not for generality in itself. We need to examine whether there exists a genuine and sound argument for generality as an independent property. Introduction In Plato's Republic, Glaucon's challenge to Socrates is to show him why...