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Title AI and African conceptions of personhood | ||
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https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/436563 | ||
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Date 2023 | ||
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Author(s) Wareham, Chris | ||
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Contributor(s) LS wijsgerige Ethiek; OFR - Ethics Institute | ||
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Abstract Under what circumstances if ever ought we to grant that artificial intelligence (AI) is a person? The question of whether AI could have the high degree of moral status that is attributed to human persons has received little attention. What little work there is employs Western conceptions of personhood, while non-Western approaches are neglected. In this chapter, I discuss African conceptions of personhood and their implications for the possibility of AI persons. I focus on an African account of personhood that is prima facie inimical to the idea that AI could ever be 'persons' in the sense typically attributed to humans. I argue that despite its apparent anthropocentrism, this African account could admit AI as persons. | ||
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Subject(s) Artifcial intelligence; Moral status; Personhood; African ethics; Anthropocentrism; Taverne | ||
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Language en | ||
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Type of publication Part of book | ||
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Format application/pdf | ||
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Rights info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess | ||
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Identifier , 167-182 (2023) | ||
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Repository Utrecht - University of Utrecht 
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