An explanation of the relationship between artificial intelligence and human beings from the perspective of consciousness  

作　　者：Jianhua Xie 

机构地区：[1]Taiyuan Normal University,Jinzhong 030619,Shanxi Province,China

出　　处：《Cultures of Science》2021年第3期124-134,共11页科学文化(英文)

基　　金：supported by the Research Program of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Higher Learning Institutions of Shanxi‘Reflections on and Reconstruction of Anthropocentrism Consciousness’(grant number 2021W093)

摘　　要：What will be the relationship between human beings and artificial intelligence(AI) in the future? Does an AI have moral status? What is that status? Through the analysis of consciousness, we can explain and answer such questions. The moral status of AIs can depend on the development level of AI consciousness. Drawing on the evolution of consciousness in nature, this paper examines several consciousness abilities of AIs, on the basis of which several relationships between AIs and human beings are proposed. The advantages and disadvantages of those relationships can be analysed by referring to classical ethics theories, such as contract theory, utilitarianism, deontology and virtue ethics. This explanation helps to construct a common hypothesis about the relationship between humans and AIs. Thus, this research has important practical and normative significance for distinguishing the different relationships between humans and AIs.

关 键 词：Artificial intelligence human beings CONSCIOUSNESS DEONTOLOGY UTILITARIANISM virtue ethics 

分 类 号：TP18[自动化与计算机技术—控制理论与控制工程] B82-05[自动化与计算机技术—控制科学与工程]