Debate: Can Kant's 'Ends in Themselves' Principle Apply to LLMs?

A Twitter debate explored whether Kant's principle of treating others as ends in themselves extends to AI agents, with jessicata arguing equivalence holds only if 'others' are read as 'rational non-self instances.'

2026-09-04 ~ 2026-09-04 · 3 related posts

• For Kant's ends-in-themselves principle to work, "others" must mean instances of reason — jessi_cata · 2026-09-04
• Kant's categorical imperative read as "non-self instantiations of reason" may cover AI agents — cat_fro_devnull · 2026-09-04
• Does Kant's "ends in themselves" apply to LLMs? X thread splits on AI moral status — jessi_cata · 2026-09-04