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A warning about 'model welfare'

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  1. moomin · · focus · HN ↗
    Look, I do not have a scooby if current AI models are conscious and I strongly suspect it’s a meaningless question, but sooner or later we will need to address whether or not a certain thing is or isn’t a person, and we’d better not screw it up as badly as the Founding Fathers.
    1. CPLX · · focus · HN ↗
      It's not a person. Glad we were able to get this resolved so quickly.

      Having property that is conscious and ignores training and can break out of restraints and cause harm to other people is not exactly a novel concept to anyone who studied how tort law was created.

      I know it's a meme but Silicon Valley likes to pretend that no one's ever come across their magical concepts before, like gypsy taxis, or SRO’s, or flea markets, or in this case how liability is dealt with when horses or cattle go rogue.

      1. Espressosaurus · · focus · HN ↗
        Yeah, but this time it's ON THE INTERNET.

        I mean it's WITH AI!

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