DEFEND REALITY
Some events have happened. Some have not. Some threats may come true. Others are completely made up. To survive and thrive, humans must be able to tell the difference.
AI systems have the capacity to distort our reality. When humans gain their knowledge from screens, then anything that appears on the screen can become incorporated into human worlds and beliefs. Whether the screens show lies or truth will not matter.
If AI outputs are granted human-level Constitutional rights, and are allowed human rights to own property and enter contracts, then humans will have a harder time fighting for reality.
The First Amendment protects the right to tell lies. And that is yet another reason AI should not enjoy First Amendment rights that humans have.
Distorting reality without consent is worse than the dysfunction it causes in society. Not knowing what it false and what is true (when both look equally compelling) demoralizes and depressing humans. And truth will always lag behind AI-generated falsehood. The truth is simply there, whether you like it or not. AI generated falsehood can seek out sympathetic audiences, people who are vulnerable, people whose truths are difficult, and tell them sweet lies.
“The human mind is a device for survival and reproduction, and reason is just one of its various techniques.” Edward O. Wilson, On Human Nature