A society of EMs start from a human basis. So we have a better idea of their weakness and they have a better idea of what we mean. They also have specifically human failings.
An AI made ex-nihilo can be, potentially, in a much greater area of mind space. The failure modes for the AI are likely to be quite different (eg we don’t need to worry so much about them being corrupt, but a lot more about them misinterpreting what we mean).
They could be identical in practice, but it’s still worthwhile separating the two conceptually for the moment.
A society of EMs start from a human basis. So we have a better idea of their weakness and they have a better idea of what we mean. They also have specifically human failings.
An AI made ex-nihilo can be, potentially, in a much greater area of mind space. The failure modes for the AI are likely to be quite different (eg we don’t need to worry so much about them being corrupt, but a lot more about them misinterpreting what we mean).
They could be identical in practice, but it’s still worthwhile separating the two conceptually for the moment.