Paper
The Problem of AI Identity
Identity, which can also be referred to as sameness, as a philosophical concept is about a relation between two or more objects, which is true when the objects are the same at different points in time. One of the challenges is to define which properties of the concerned objects are considered for sameness. For example, the sameness of the material or the atomic composition of objects is according to some philosophical positions not necessary for identity as it is discussed already in the ancient Ship of Theseus thought experiment. The AI identity problem explores the sameness for two or more AIs at different points in time and also here the basic question is: What properties of the concerned AIs are to be compared to establish sameness?
Authors: Soenke Ziesche · Roman V. Yampolskiy