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dc.contributor.authorBirch, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-21T10:27:02Z
dc.date.available2024-10-21T10:27:02Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/93755
dc.description.abstractCan octopuses feel pain and pleasure? What about crabs, shrimps, insects, or spiders? How do we tell whether a person unresponsive after severe brain injury might be suffering? When does a fetus in the womb start to have conscious experiences? Could there even be rudimentary feelings in miniature models of the human brain, grown from human stem cells? And what about AI? These are questions about the edge of sentience, and they are subject to enormous, disorienting uncertainty. The stakes are immense, and neglecting the risks can have terrible costs. We need to err on the side of caution, yet it’s often far from clear what ‘erring on the side of caution’ should mean in practice. When are we going too far? When are we not doing enough? The Edge of Sentience presents a comprehensive precautionary framework designed to help us reach ethically sound, evidence-based decisions despite our uncertainty.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTM Philosophy of minden_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMT Psychology: states of consciousnessen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAN Neurosciencesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAD Bioethicsen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDK Science funding and policyen_US
dc.subject.othersentience, consciousness, animals, invertebrates, AI, disorders of consciousness, fetuses, organoids, precaution, proportionalityen_US
dc.titleThe Edge of Sentienceen_US
dc.title.alternativeRisk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AIen_US
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1093/9780191966729.001.0001en_US
oapen.relation.isPublishedByb9501915-cdee-4f2a-8030-9c0b187854b2en_US
oapen.relation.isFundedBy7686d2e3-7664-45eb-84d6-20eb8c4e1afaen_US
oapen.pages398en_US
oapen.place.publicationOxforden_US


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