public sympathy vs dehumanization? … Like, people could perceive AI algorithms as they do now (just algorithms), or they could perceive (some) AI algorithms as deserving of rights and sympathies like they and their human friends are. Or other possibilities, I suppose. I think it would depend strongly on the nature of the algorithm, as well as on superficial things like whether there are widely-available AI algorithms with cute faces and charismatic, human-like personalities, and whether the public even knows that the algorithm exists, as well as random things like how the issue gets politicized and whatnot. A related issue is whether the algorithms are actually conscious, capable of suffering, etc., which would presumably feed into public perceptions, as well as (presumably) mattering in its own right.
public sympathy vs dehumanization? … Like, people could perceive AI algorithms as they do now (just algorithms), or they could perceive (some) AI algorithms as deserving of rights and sympathies like they and their human friends are. Or other possibilities, I suppose. I think it would depend strongly on the nature of the algorithm, as well as on superficial things like whether there are widely-available AI algorithms with cute faces and charismatic, human-like personalities, and whether the public even knows that the algorithm exists, as well as random things like how the issue gets politicized and whatnot. A related issue is whether the algorithms are actually conscious, capable of suffering, etc., which would presumably feed into public perceptions, as well as (presumably) mattering in its own right.