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Machiavellians Approve of Mind Upload Technology Directly and Through Utilitarianism – Moral psychological implications for AI Safety Research [post]

Michael Laakasuo, Marko Repo, Anton Berg, Marianna Drosinou, Anton Kunnari, Mika Koverola, Teemu Saikkonen, Aku Visala, Jukka Sundvall
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Mind upload (MU), making a digital copy of one's brain, is a part of the ultimate transhumanistic dream leading to eternal life and end of suffering and it is considered as one possible route for creating an Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). However, AI Safety Research has pointed to one major risk in creating AGI by MU. Depending on the route that is taken towards the AGIs, it is possible that the person whose brain gets uploaded first could be a psychopath or a selfish individual who
more » ... es to use this technology for personal gain. We studied if peoples acceptance of MU is associated with their individual differences in Dark Triad traits (Machiavellianism & psychopathy), sexual disgust sensitivity, and high-conflict utilitarian judgments. We show with Structural Equation Modelling for the first time that 1) Machiavellianism is associated with positive approval of Mind Upload directly and 2) indirectly through Utilitarianism. Results suggest that the perceived risk of Machiavellians (trait related to psychopathy) preferring MU should be taken seriously.
doi:10.31234/osf.io/smqu4 fatcat:dy6j3m4qkbfutnm5apwxg76ga4
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Michael Laakasuo, Marko Repo, Anton Berg, Marianna Drosinou, Anton Kunnari, Mika Koverola, Teemu Saikkonen, Aku Visala, Jukka Sundvall. "Machiavellians Approve of Mind Upload Technology Directly and Through Utilitarianism – Moral psychological implications for AI Safety Research." (2020)