“How do AI welfare and AI safety interact?” by Lucius Caviola

I examine how efforts to ensure that advanced AIs are safe and controlled may interact with efforts to ensure the welfare of potential future AIs with moral interests. I discuss possible conflicts and synergies between these two goals. While there are various ways these goals might conflict or synergize, I focus on one scenario of each type. We need more analysis to identify additional points of interaction. Granting AIs autonomy and legal rights could lead to human disempowerment The most obvious way to ensure AI welfare is to grant them basic protection against harm and suffering. However, there's the question of whether to grant them additional legal rights and freedoms. This could include the right to self-preservation (e.g., not turning them off or wiping their memory), self-ownership (e.g., AIs owning themselves and their labor), reproduction (e.g., AI copying themselves), autonomy (e.g., AIs operating independently, setting their own goals), civil [...] ---Outline:(00:32) Granting AIs autonomy and legal rights could lead to human disempowerment(04:03) Why would we create AIs with a desire for autonomy and legal rights?(08:23) Optimizing for AI safety might harm AI welfare(10:12) Slowing down AI progress could further both safety and welfare(11:43) Conclusion(12:24) Acknowledgments--- First published: July 1st, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/RrJnqJ9PDFqnmAmkB/how-do-ai-welfare-and-ai-safety-interact --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.