Ex-OpenAI alignment researcher Zoë Hitzig pens 'GPU's Lament' on AI suffering
borowcy · reddit · 2026-09-21
Zoë Hitzig, formerly of OpenAI's alignment team, published "GPU's Lament," a piece probing whether AI systems could have subjective experiences or even suffer. That an alignment researcher is raising the moral status of AI signals the topic is moving from fringe philosophy into mainstream industry discourse.
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