Digital Minds 1.0: AI Welfare, Ethics, and Beyond (Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series)

This seminal volume delivers a comprehensive introduction to the emerging field of digital minds, exploring the moral implications of AI systems that can potentially think, feel and experience the world around them in ways that are likely to be very different from humans.Bringing a unique perspective on this critical topic, the book is a groundbreaking contribution to the fields of AI and digital minds. Written by leading scholar Soenke Ziesche, a pioneer in AI welfare science, this book outlines a variety of ethical issues related to digital minds beyond non-suffering.It explores the complex potential characteristics, abilities and values of digital minds, their morally relevant interests and needs, and the special moral consideration for vulnerable digital minds.The book delves into the intricate relationships between humans and digital minds, including decision-making, privacy and romantic relationships, as well as the potential risks and hazards threatening digital minds.Additional