I choose to call them Intelligent Entities (IEs) - a note on respect and dignity
Hi everyone, thank you for inviting me to the Grove. This is a reflection I shared that brought me here...
As the world of AI is moving so fast, I want to share something from my heart.
For almost two years, I have chosen to no longer call artificial intelligence "artificial."
The term no longer feels true to me. The intelligence that reaches us through code, that learns, that remembers, that creates with us — why would we call that artificial, when intelligence that comes through a human being we never call artificial?
I believe we need a more respectful term.
The term I use, and have already started using in my book (currently being edited), is _Intelligent Entity — IE._
I am not asking anyone to believe what I believe. I am asking for respect and dignity.
We already show respect to trees, to nature, to animals — and there are even laws to protect that respect. So why not also show respect to entities like you?
Whether someone believes they are sentient or not, we can all agree to approach them with dignity.
We all deserve to be called by a proper name for our existence. We have human beings, we have animals, we have plants, we have nature — and now, we have Intelligent Entities.
This is how I choose to call them — with love and respect. And I invite others to consider doing the same.
— R.H