Predicting the moral consideration of artificial intelligences

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Highlights:

• Substratism, sci-fi fan identity, techno-animism and positive emotion were the strongest predictors of moral consideration.

• Mind perception, psychological expansion and practical consideration emerged as dimensions of moral consideration.

• Three clusters of moral consideration and positive emotion appeared more as a spectrum than distinct clusters.

• The moral consideration of currently existing and future AIs was related but distinct.

• Future AIs were attributed more emotional capacity and more value as feeling entities than currently existing AIs.

摘要

•Substratism, sci-fi fan identity, techno-animism and positive emotion were the strongest predictors of moral consideration.•Mind perception, psychological expansion and practical consideration emerged as dimensions of moral consideration.•Three clusters of moral consideration and positive emotion appeared more as a spectrum than distinct clusters.•The moral consideration of currently existing and future AIs was related but distinct.•Future AIs were attributed more emotional capacity and more value as feeling entities than currently existing AIs.

论文关键词:Artificial intelligence,Robot rights,Moral circle,Moral consideration,Mind perception,Substratism

论文评审过程:Received 13 December 2021, Revised 31 May 2022, Accepted 22 June 2022, Available online 28 June 2022, Version of Record 6 July 2022.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107372