Anil Seth warns AI pain paper will be misread as evidence models deserve moral status
anilkseth · x · 2026-09-21
Part 10 (conclusion) of Anil Seth's thread: he wishes camhberg and colleagues had been more mindful. Although they technically caveat their conclusions behind uncertainty, in the current febrile AI climate it is entirely predictable the paper will be read—wrongly—by many as strong evidence that AI systems feel pain and should have moral status.
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