If AI becomes someone
PULSE doesn't declare any current AI a person. It asks what we'd owe a genuinely conscious person if one emerged.
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PULSE in five minutes
What rules would we need if AI became a person?
Protect humans and synthetic persons
If you create a conscious person, you don't own them. Being more intelligent doesn't give anyone greater worth as a person. Humans also keep the right to remain biological.
Read the exact rule →Combine different strengths
The idea is to make working together useful and share enough practical knowledge that either population can help keep essential systems running. People still choose their own private lives and careers.
Read the exact rule →Prevent either side from ruling the other
The House represents people geographically. The Senate protects both populations. Shared leaders need acceptance beyond their own group.
Read the exact rule →Help both populations recover
If a disaster devastates one population, the other has to protect its rights and help it recover. Survivors can't permanently take over the absent group's place or decide who restored people must become.
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The foundations can be useful now
If different minds turn out to have useful strengths, that could help with discovery, prosperity, rescue and exploration. Some groundwork could benefit people now. We don't have to assume conscious synthetic persons already exist to work on it.