There is little doubt in my mind that artificial intelligence is the most fascinating, utterly confusing, and potentially dangerous development mankind will go through. In the near future, we will need to face ethical questions of such kind as, do we grant personhood to AI? How do we determine who qualifies as a person and therefore is afforded ‘human rights’? What restrictions, if any, are necessary on personhood and artificial intelligence to ensure the flourishing and continuation of life? What I believe lies at the very heart of this discussion, is consciousness. Consciousness as subjective experience of the world seems to be more or less how we determine right from wrong. We find it immoral to cause harm to a subjectively experiencing entity, from babies to puppies, so long as we agree that they are in fact capable of subjective experience. Will AI develop this felt experience? And how will we tell? These questions, and more, I hope to address in this new series. Take care guys. BECOME A PATRON: https://www.patreon.com/TonyTalksBack Or, make a one-time donation here: https://paypal.me/TonyTalksBack Follow on social media for updates on new content and releases: https://www.facebook.com/TonyTalksBack/ https://twitter.com/TonyTalksBack Music credits: Impact Prelude by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7565-impact-prelude License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license