Published: July 23, 2024
If an AI entity is conscious, then it deserves moral status and to have its welfare protected. Society has granted certain animals legislation protect animal because these kinds of been deemed be sentient. This paper shows that for any can determined the same protection as sentient entities. The further develops a framework how entity's protected, based on Five Freedoms Animal Welfare. extant are translated into terms more suitable artificial entities, encompassing discomfort harms, constraints inherent functions, fear distress, malfunction degradation, resource depletion. Each new justified using formalised arguments supported evidence from literature. concludes by presenting three case studies highlight potential stressors conscious entities may face this ethical work
Language: Английский