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A warning about 'model welfare'

242 points · 701 comments · andsoitis

  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. OedipusRex · · focus · HN ↗
      Citizens United proves we won't do any better this time around.
      1. orangecat · · focus · HN ↗
        Citizens United was 100% correct. No, the government should not be able to throw you in prison because you used money to publish a book criticizing the government.
        1. dam_jackalopes · · focus · HN ↗
          Who involved in the Citizens United case was at risk of imprisonment?
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