Avatars and the Value of Human Uniqueness
Abstract Danaher and Nyholm (Philosophy & Technology 37:106, 2024) explore whether avatar technology makes humans less valuable by making them less scarce. They identify two forms of human scarcity, intrinstic scarcity and instrumental scarcity, and explore how each is impacted by avatar representation. Here I argue that avatars cannot make humans less scarce but that, nevertheless, the use of avatar technology can undermine the value of human uniqueness.
Authors
- Paula Sweeney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1004-5571)
Institutions
- University of Aberdeen (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Philosophy & Technology
- Published
- 2024-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-024-00811-2
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.10