ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS: AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE WITH HUMANITARIAN DIMENSION

Abstract

What conditions would have to be met for us to possibly consider artificial intelligence (AI) systems as persons? To address this question, researchers discuss what it would take for AI systems to become metaphysical persons, otherwise referred to as intelligent agents. An intelligent agent is goal-based, acts upon information it perceives from its environment, and is capable of making decisions and choosing a course of action based on its own experiences. Authors make important distinctions in definitions of persons and personhood, such as the distinction between metaphysical personhood, moral personhood, and moral standing. Simultaneously, present Michael Tooleys notion of personhood, focusing on his requirement that an entity haveself-consciousness and a concept of itself as a continuing subject of experiences and mental states.In this paper, the researchers tried to distinct between the Person and Artificial Intelligence. Further, trying to understand the connection between Personhood and Moral Standing.