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Artificial intelligence matters from a moral perspective long before it ever potentially becomes conscious or autonomous. Although AI may or may not confront us with dramatic ethical dilemmas, it does change our moral lives in a far subtler way in that it reshapes our habits. Habits, more than principles, are where moral development actually lives. ...
When moral decisions become easier, faster, and more optimized, they also become less formative. Wisdom does not develop in the absence of uncertainty. Responsibility does not develop without the felt weight of consequence. These qualities do not emerge automatically from well-designed systems. They emerge through practice.
The danger, then, is not that artificial intelligence will make us immoral. The danger is that it will make morality thinner. From the outside, everything may appear functional and well ordered. From the inside, something essential may be missing: the sense that this is my judgment, my responsibility, and my doing. ...
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