Matthew Berman challenges AI welfare advocates: insects outnumber LLMs
MatthewBerman · x · 2026-10-02
Responding to tszzl's jab at "model welfare bros," Matthew Berman doubled down: there are tremendously more insects than language models, so should welfare advocates care about insect consciousness too? He added that consciousness exists on a spectrum rather than as a binary — highlighting the core tension in AI welfare debates over how to weigh moral status.
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