Steven Pinker backs Suleyman's case against AI rights and 'model welfare'
sapinker · x · 2026-09-28
Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker endorsed Mustafa Suleyman's essay against 'model welfare', arguing that even without fully accepting its case against the computational theory of sentience, AI deserves no rights at humans' expense: human sentience is certain from firsthand experience, while AI sentience is permanently untestable and deeply implausible to most people.
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