AI Rights for Human Safety (with Peter Salib and Simon Goldstein)

In this episode of ForeCast, Finn interviews Peter Salib and Simon Goldstein about their paper, "AI Rights for Human Safety." They discuss how the law should treat AGIs to reduce catastrophic conflict with humans, focusing on a game-theoretic model where AI and humans have different goals and incentives. The conversation covers the current legal status of AI systems as property, the potential for a prisoner's dilemma between AI and humans, and the importance of granting AI systems certain rights, particularly contract and property rights, to foster positive-sum interactions and prevent conflict. They also address concerns about the distribution of economic power and the potential for AI dominance, as well as the role of liability and the need for AI identity systems.