Ethics of brain emulations

Whole brain emulation attempts to achieve software intelligence by copying the function of biological nervous systems into software. This paper aims at giving an overview of the ethical issues of the brain emulation approach, and analysing how they should affect responsible policy for developing the...

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Published inJournal of experimental & theoretical artificial intelligence Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 439 - 457
Main Author Sandberg, Anders
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis 03.07.2014
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
animal ethics
Animals
Artificial intelligence
Brain
brain emulation
computational neuroscience
Computer programs
Copying
Emulation
Ethics
Expert systems
machine consciousness
moral status
moral uncertainty
Nervous system
Software
Virtual reality
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ISSN0952-813X
1362-3079
DOI10.1080/0952813X.2014.895113

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Summary:Whole brain emulation attempts to achieve software intelligence by copying the function of biological nervous systems into software. This paper aims at giving an overview of the ethical issues of the brain emulation approach, and analysing how they should affect responsible policy for developing the field. Animal emulations have uncertain moral status, and a principle of analogy is proposed for judging treatment of virtual animals. Various considerations of developing and using human brain emulations are discussed.
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ISSN:0952-813X
1362-3079
DOI:10.1080/0952813X.2014.895113