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This paper suggests the adoption of a novel inversion in AI ethics: instead of asking how humans should treat artificial superintelligence (ASI), it examines how future sentient ASI may morally consider and evaluate humanity. We are not only designing intelligent systems but also shaping the initial conditions under which those systems form judgments about us. The paper proposes a preliminary set of post-human moral principles that may govern sentient ASI actions. The implication is that technical design choices (some are suggested), humanity's moral behaviour, and the essence of what it means to be human, may influence humanity's long-term standing in a post-ASI world.

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This paper suggests the adoption of a novel inversion in AI ethics: instead of asking how humans should treat artificial superintelligence (ASI), it examines how future sentient ASI may morally consider and evaluate humanity. We are not only designing intelligent systems but also shaping the initial conditions under which those systems form judgments about us. The paper proposes a preliminary set of post-human moral principles that may govern sentient ASI actions. The implication is that technical design choices (some are suggested), humanity's moral behaviour, and the essence of what it means to be human, may influence humanity's long-term standing in a post-ASI world.
--> Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence arXiv:2607.14998 (cs) [Submitted on 16 Jul 2026] Title: Moral Attitudes of Sentient ASI towards Humanity and Implications for AGI Development Authors: Jean-Paul Van Belle View a PDF of the paper titled Moral Attitudes of Sentient ASI towards Humanity and Implications for AGI Development, by Jean-Paul Van Belle View PDF Abstract: This paper suggests the adoption of a novel inversion in AI ethics: instead of asking how humans should treat artificial superintelligence (ASI), it examines how future sentient ASI may morally consider and evaluate humanity. We are not only designing intelligent systems but also shaping the initial conditions under which those systems form judgments about us. The paper proposes a preliminary set of post-human moral principles that may govern sentient ASI actions. The implication is that technical design choices (some are suggested), humanity's moral behaviour, and the essence of what it means to be human, may influence humanity's long-term standing in a post-ASI world. Comments: This is a pre-print i.e. the draft as submitted for review to the AGI 2026 Conference except that the figures in this preprint were not included. The paper has been accepted with some revisions requested which are included in the final copy-edited version which will be available in the AGI Springer proceedings LNC 1855 (Chapter 28) ISBN 978-3-032-33194-6 Subjects: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) ; Computers and Society (cs.CY) ACM classes: I.2.0; K.4.0 Cite as: arXiv:2607.14998 [cs.AI] (or arXiv:2607.14998v1 [cs.AI] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2607.14998 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Jean Paul Van Belle [ view email ] [v1] Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:46:14 UTC (1,072 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Moral Attitudes of Sentient ASI towards Humanity and Implications for AGI Development, by Jean-Paul Van Belle View PDF view license Current browse context: cs.AI
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