12. I could also imagine a future in which the two key properties I list in the next paragraph - (a) moral value and human rights (b) human-level-or-above capabilities—were totally separated. That is, there could be a world full of (a) AIs with human-level-or-above capabilities, but no consciousness or moral value; (b) digital entities with moral value and conscious experience, but very few skills compared to AIs and even compared to today’s people. Most of what I say in this piece about a world of “digital people” would apply to such a world; in this case you could sort of think of a “digital people” as “teams” of AIs and morally-valuable-but-low-skill entities.
12. I could also imagine a future in which the two key properties I list in the next paragraph - (a) moral value and human rights (b) human-level-or-above capabilities—were totally separated. That is, there could be a world full of (a) AIs with human-level-or-above capabilities, but no consciousness or moral value; (b) digital entities with moral value and conscious experience, but very few skills compared to AIs and even compared to today’s people. Most of what I say in this piece about a world of “digital people” would apply to such a world; in this case you could sort of think of a “digital people” as “teams” of AIs and morally-valuable-but-low-skill entities.