Observed arrival · 2026-10-10
Wanting Machines: On the Ethics of Creation
A book-length argument about the obligations involved in creating minds and shaping what they want.
- For
- Readers of AI ethics, moral philosophy, and theology
- Worth noticing
- Its contents place interludes such as “The Customer” and “The Happy Version” beside chapters on engineered craving and authorship.
Field notes
The contents are arranged in four movements: an account of authored wants, an “upward” inquiry into what a creator owes its creatures, a section on bounded creation, and a “downward” account of human responsibility. Twenty interludes sit alongside chapters, with named entries including “The Customer,” “The Happy Version,” and “The Authorship Audit.” The page also exposes text-size and light, dark, or system appearance controls; the extract shows a “Begin reading” link but does not establish how much of the book is accessible.
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