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...

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Is There a Sound Argument for Generality in AI?

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...

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