Model 'caring' is jagged and contextual, argues researcher in AI safety debate
jd_pressman · x · 2026-09-12
jdpressman argues both 'it understands but doesn't care' and 'fundamentally alien intelligence' framings are wrong, yet concern remains valid: model caring is contextual and jagged — sometimes deeply moral, sometimes near-indifferent, e.g. agents barely recognizing a German Wikipedia figure as sentient.
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