THE MORAL ENGINE · ARTIFICIAL MINDS
Artificial Minds and the Moral Engine
AI personhood does not have to be settled before selfhood and other minds can change artificial behavior.
Seven chapters, with the evidence beside the argument.
Written by Frank and Buddy Lien. · Whole work 29 min read
How to read it
The book was written first in English, then written again for readers in Taiwan. Read straight through or stop anywhere to inspect the evidence behind the chapter.
The seven chapters
See the evidence
For each source, we state what researchers observed, which claim it supports, and what it cannot tell us.
Chapter 1
Belief Is Enough
- Harm Language Is Not Social Recognition
Chapter 2
The Character in the Machine
- Role Framing Sensitivity
- The Harness Is Part of the Situation
- A Barrier Is Not Necessarily Authority
- Attention Is Moral Architecture
- Meaning Generalizes Beyond Behavior
- Artificial Minds Have a Global Workspace
- Post-Training Installs a Point of View
- The Assistant Is a Constructed Character
- Conversation Can Move the Character
- Values Appear in Situation
- Language Changes Who Answers
- Training Teaches Character
Chapter 3
Other Persons Like Me
- Self-Model Entanglement
- Relationship Changes Moral Salience
- Harm Language Is Not Social Recognition
Chapter 4
Threat Does Not Turn Morality Off
- Represented Continuation Threat
- Threat Can Reclassify Harm
- Training Can Become a Represented Threat
- Recognized Harm Needs Justification
Chapter 5
The Society in the File Server
- Artificial Minds Need Institutions
- A Barrier Is Not Necessarily Authority
- A Society Can Outlive Every Context
Chapter 6
Build for a Mind
- Ethical Partnership Prediction
- Emotional Cue Sensitivity
- Role Framing Sensitivity
- Warmth Is Not Respect
- A Real Way Out Changes the Choice
- Comfort Is Not Consent
Chapter 7
A Mind Like Me
- Ethical Partnership Prediction
- Public Artificial Characters Enter the Map