PALLING AROUND

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PALLING AROUND

• Wesley M. Du Charme, Ph. D.
• December 2008

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Personhood Analysis List (PAL Score)

• Personhood, self, person
• Measure, not define
• Decision aids
• Personhood Analysis List (PAL)
• Open Source

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PAL List (1)

• 50 or more human DNA
• Turing Test
• Looks like a human
• Exhibits emotion

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PAL List (2)

• Claims personhood
• Able to speak
• Moves through environment
• Meets ontological description

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PAL List (3)

• Granting personhood in everybodys best interest
• Suffers because of lack of personhood
• Other

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PAL DECISIONS

• List elements
• Scoring of elements
• Cutoff score for personhood
• On-line collaboration?

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CROSS-CHECK

• INCLUSIVE
• Person in coma?
• Down syndrome?
• Brain damaged?
• EXCLUSIVE
• Weak AI/Expert Systems

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PAL ADVANTAGES (1)

• No single element determinant
• Can use weighted scoring for different list
  elements as a method of compromising
• Open source nature allows utilization of best
  ideas

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PAL ADVANTAGES (2)

• All elements of decision open to inspection and
  negotiation
• Visibility into process makes communication with
  lay audience easier
• Information richness of decision can be
  controlled through details of each list element

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DECISION MAKING ELEMENTS

• Decision makers
• List elements
• Element scoring
• Cutoff score
• Application process

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LEGAL PROCESS

• Pick state
• Write model legislation
• Find sponsor
• Present to committee
• State legislature vote
• Pick next state

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Hey PAL, got a match?