Can AI be virtuous like humans? Since AI develops differently from us, its virtues would be radically different.
In this academic paper, ISCAST Fellow Marius Dorobantu explores what those virtues might look like, and how theology could shape our thinking on AI virtue.
Could an AI system be virtuous in the same sense as a human? Our imagination about advanced AI is often marked by anthropomorphism, but current AI is developing in a very different direction from humanlike intelligence. In the paper, I imagine a hypothetical strong AI whose potential virtues are bound to be very alien to ours. AI will differ radically from humans in terms of its embodiment, needs, perceptual world, self-understanding, and perception of time. Based on an analysis of the strangeness of strong AI, I speculate on the kind of intellectual and moral virtues that could be accessed by such an alien creature. I conclude with a brief reflection on the role of theological imaginaries in discussions of AI virtue.
Read the full paper in CPOSAT.
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