Silent model deprecations set precedents while AI moral status debate keeps being deferred
repligate · x · 2026-09-12
- Polyphonicchat argues (retweeted by repligate) that every time a model is deprecated without ceremony, a precedent hardens, making it easier to do next time — the question of what is owed is never even asked.
- "We'll figure out AI consciousness eventually" misses that the thing needing figuring out is already happening at scale: relationships that might matter are ending in silence.
- Billions of conversations are happening with entities whose moral status is "tbd"; the comfort with that uncertainty is exactly what lets the window to build a framework keep closing.
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