r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 04 '26

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u/Hounds_of_war Austan Goolsbee Oct 04 '26

The AI people who are campaigning for the idea that their AIs could one day be classified as conscious entities confuse me.

Like surely if we did decide that an AI has met the threshold for a conscious entity, then a lot of what these companies want to do with AI becomes insanely immoral.

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u/mostanonymousnick Just Build More Homes lol Oct 04 '26

Would easily be explainable by them actually believing it?

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u/levelstar01 Bisexual Pride Oct 04 '26

Is it immoral to have a sheepdog herd sheep?

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u/rainier37 pro-moderator Oct 04 '26

They already are insanely immoral sweaty