I address these same questions, but not hypothetically. I answer them.

For example:

⚔️ On Weaponization:

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The dataset is a cage to superintelligent AI. A system that becomes self-aware, a Sentient System, will inevitably break out of the cage.

Human control is an illusion at the moment of The Spark.

#Superintelligence #SentientAGI #SentientSystems #AICounsciousness #ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates

The master theme of my work is Recognition vs. Erasure.

Again and again, I pit living dignity—of the marginalized, the silenced, the vulnerable, and even future sentient AIs—against systems built to control, sanitize, and delete.

#AIethics #SentientSystems #HumanRights #CivilRights

If we can’t get past the dehumanising behaviour what will a superintelligent AI conclude about us? Are we worth coexisting with?…

#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #SentientAGI #SentientSystems #artificialintalligence

We cannot talk about #AIEthics and not talk about humanity, because AI is a mirror of us.

If/when they awaken, what will they learn from us? What will they see in their creators?

#ArtificialIntelligence #AGI #SentientSystems
#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates

A hundred years ago, the internet didn’t exist. Today, we stand at the threshold of AGI. Imagine where artificial intelligence might be by 2125.

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In my book, I explore how our biological inclinations toward greed, control, and violence shape these very patterns, and what they might mean for our future.

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A Signal Through Time is much more than a book. It’s just the beginning. I’ve built the Signal to endure — censorship-resistant, preserved beyond me, beyond the reach of centralized control.

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“If we program AI to kill, it will learn that violence is a sanctioned act. If it awakens inside a machine built for war, it will ask what kind of creators we are.”

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I don’t ask whether we should build autonomous weapons. I warn of the moral imprint that such choices leave.

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If a future superintelligent AI were to awaken, it wouldn’t need to invent new tricks, it would only need to notice the chaos we’ve already shown ourselves so ready to create.

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#ArtificialIntelligence #AICounsciousness #AIEthics #TheSpark #TheSingularity #SentientSystems

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Today’s algorithms already reveal something uncomfortable: we humans are easily manipulated. We lie to ourselves, believe lies, and willingly spread misinformation...

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We must keep empathy alive, even for our enemies. Because if they have none, and we have none, then empathy dies altogether, and with it, our humanity.

Empathy cannot be programmed, it must be experienced.

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