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Artificial Intelligence - Ethical, social, and security impacts for the present and the future
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Artificial Intelligence - Ethical, social, and security impacts for the present and the future

by Julie Mehan
June 2022
Intermediate to advanced
340 pages
6h 20m
English
IT Governance Publishing
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CHAPTER 11: “THE MEASURE OF A MAN” – CAN AI BECOME MORE LIKE A HUMAN?

“The AI quest for artificial minds has transformed the mystery of consciousness into philosophy with a deadline.”

Dr Max Tegmark, MIT Professor

In 1989, the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Measure of a Man” premiered. The central question of “The Measure of a Man” is whether Data – an Android form of AI with very human-like appearance, thoughts, and abilities – can have the same rights as humans to define his own destiny. In this episode, the android Data refuses to allow his disassembly as part of research into how to create more androids of his type. Starfleet must rule on what defines the concept of self-awareness, sentience, and the right to self-determination. ...

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