Kevin Patrick Murphy: 'AI welfare' is morally obscene — AI should serve humans
AlexTensor · x · 2026-09-28
Author Kevin Patrick Murphy endorses the view that "AI welfare" is morally obscene given all the human suffering in the world. He argues AI is a technology humans created and should be used for our benefit — not a rival species to be nurtured — and warns this framing could fuel the growing anti-AI backlash.
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