Artificial intelligences as extended minds. Why not?

Artificial intelligences and robots increasingly mimic human mental powers and intelligent behaviour. However, many authors claim that ascribing human mental powers to them is both conceptually mistaken and morally dangerous. This article defends the view that artificial intelligences can have human...

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Veröffentlicht in:Rivista internazionale di filosofia e psicologia 2020-01, Vol.11 (2), p.150-168
Hauptverfasser: Gianfranco Pellegrino, Mirko Daniel Garasic
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Sprache:eng ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:Artificial intelligences and robots increasingly mimic human mental powers and intelligent behaviour. However, many authors claim that ascribing human mental powers to them is both conceptually mistaken and morally dangerous. This article defends the view that artificial intelligences can have human-like mental powers, by claiming that both human and artificial minds can be seen as extended minds – along the lines of Chalmers and Clark’s view of mind and cognition. The main idea of this article is that the Extended Mind Model is independently plausible and can easily be extended to artificial intelligences, providing a solid base for concluding that artificial intelligences possess minds. This may warrant viewing them as morally responsible agents.
ISSN:2039-4667
2239-2629
DOI:10.4453/rifp.2020.0010