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Ethical, Societal, Philosophical, and Spiritual Issues

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The above two quotes elucidate two of the greatest fears extant today about the seemingly imminent arrival of highly capable A2IEs. Firstly, the possible development of a potentially hostile superintelligence intent on the extermination of humanity, or the relegation of humans to the status of mere pets. Secondly, the possibly catastrophic loss of jobs to our new artificially intelligent companions, as evidenced most clearly nowadays by the issue of self-driving cars and trucks.

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    Malachy Eaton

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Eaton, M. (2020). Ethical, Societal, Philosophical, and Spiritual Issues. In: Computers, People, and Thought. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55300-5_9

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