Artificial Intelligence and Eternal Torture and Suffering Tuan Tu Nguyen · Follow 5 min read · Just now The development of artificial intelligence brings with it extremely important ethical questions, one of the most alarming being the possibility of eternal torture and suffering inflicted by AI on humans. This paper considers theoretical implications and ethical consequences of the development of highly advanced AI that is potentially able to condemn humans to eternal suffering. While AI might have considerable benefits, the potential catastrophes in terms of outcome–and particularly, the possibility of eternal torture and suffering–should be taken seriously. The risk of AI development can be so enormously severe as to outweigh potential advantages. It is actually better to die than to be tortured eternally. The precautionary principle states that in […]
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