Why AI consciousness concerns likely won't go mainstream in EA
panickssery · x · 2026-09-20
Responding to Ari Schulman's claim that EA and e/acc are both extinction ideologies, panickssery doubts AI-consciousness concerns will go mainstream, citing animal welfare as the analogy: EA comfortably handwaves welfare arguments that would imply immiserating people, suggesting similar logic around AI consciousness will stay fringe.
Related event: New Scientist editor calls both EA and e/acc 'extinction ideologies'(3 posts)→
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