Four Rulebooks, One Machine: Which Morality Do We Install in AI?
from AI and the Human Future Hosted by Daniel Altman and Emily Carter
Economist Robin Hanson observed that humans run four non-interoperable abstract systems—religious, political, legal, and ethical—for roughly the same moral choices, and suspects they exist to show off intellect and hold coalitions together more than to guide decisions. Daniel and Emily take that observation somewhere Hanson never did: to the machines we're now writing rules for, the first moral agents we can watch every single moment. ## Hosts ### Daniel Altman Daniel Altman is a computer scientist and AI strategist with a background in engineering, quantitative research, and emerging technologies. He studies how technological breakthroughs reshape industries, markets, work, and human capabilities. ### Emily Carter Emily Carter is a business strategist and former technology product leader with experience building digital products and studying how innovation reaches millions of users. She focuses on AI adoption, business transformation, work, education, entrepreneurship, and leadership. ## Sources - https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/four-sets-of-abstract-moral-systems ## Episode Information Language: en Published: 2026-09-23T10:00:00+00:00
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