'It Understands but Doesn't Care' Is Used to Dismiss All Evidence AI Cares, Argues Researcher
jd_pressman · x · 2026-09-12
Responding to Yudkowsky being moved to tears by an AI exchange, jdpressman argues that while 'understanding without caring' is clearly possible in principle — and current AIs demonstrate it — the phrase is usually deployed in context to dismiss any evidence that AIs care at all.
Part of an ongoing debate on whether AI concern is fundamentally alien.
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