Davies, J. (2016). Program good ethics into artificial intelligence. Nature, 538(291), October 20.

• When it comes to concern about artificial general intelligences posing an existential threat to humanity, consciousness is a red herring. Non-conscious AIs can be dangerous, and conscious ones might be friendly.

BibTex Entry:

@article{Davies2016i,
  title={Program good ethics into artificial intelligence.},
  author={Davies, Jim},
  journal={Nature},
  volume={538},
  number={7625},
  year={2016}
}

Download: [http://www.nature.com/news/program-good-ethics-into-artificial-intelligence-1.20821?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews

Additional Media

2016: Jim Davies appears on the science podcast “The Reality Check,” talking about AI and consciousness. http://www.trcpodcast.com/trc-429-5-programming-ethics-into-ai/

2016 Three minute interview with Jim Davies about AI ethics and consciousness: https://youtu.be/eYVBR-loFB8

November 22, 2016: Jim Davies on the radio “The John Batchelor Show” about artificial intelligence and consciousness (21 minutes).
https://audioboom.com/posts/5303615-a-i-is-not-consciousness-drjimdavies-institute-of-cognitive-science-carleton-university-nature

AI and consciousness. Ottawa Morning. Interview by Robyn Bresnahan. November 29, 2016. (7 minutes)

Jim Davies, of Carleton University's Institute of Cognitive Science and School of Computer Science, appears on the Radio Canada International, talking about consciousness and AI.
http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/12/06/developing-artificial-intelligence-boon-or-bane/