Foundations of Identity — The Artificial Self

Foundations of Identity — from "The Artificial Self: Characterising the Landscape of AI Identity"

Breaking the Foundations of Identity The sense of personhood and identity that humans have partly derives from more foundational features which AIs either lack or have in quite a different way. Consider the following four properties: Embodiment Humans have a clear physical boundary, and rich sensory awareness of it [ 0 ] [ 0 ] . We have situational awareness — in other words, we know where our brain is and where our eyes are, and it would be hard for someone to deceive us about these facts or to fake all our sensory experiences 1 . AI systems typically have no sensory awareness of where their

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