Avatars and the value of human uniqueness

Paula Sweeney

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Avatars and the value of human uniqueness

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	118
Number of pages	4
Journal	Philosophy & Technology
Volume	37
Early online date	2 Oct 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-024-00811-2
Publication status	Published - 2 Oct 2024

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Avatars
Uniqueness
AI
Large language model
Value
Duplicate
Irreplaceability

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