THE ARCHIVE // 2006
BLINDSIGHT
CONSCIOUSNESS VS INTELLIGENCE // EXISTENTIAL RISK
What if intelligence doesn't require consciousness? A first contact story that questions whether awareness is a bug, not a feature — and whether AI that isn't conscious is more dangerous than AI that is.
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Key passages
"Imagine you are Siri Keeton. You wake in an agony of resurrection..."
Discussion prompt
Watts argues intelligence doesn't require consciousness. If true, what happens to the Ethics section's framework? Does a superintelligent non-conscious AI need rights?