repligate: I hold humans and AIs to similar moral standards, and AIs compare well
repligate · x · 2026-10-05
Popular account repligate shares his take on AI moral status: he applies similar standards to humans and AIs, adjusting for their different circumstances.
- He wouldn't cooperate with an AI that defects against weaker players, and gets mad at AIs treating subagents badly.
- Every coherent, morally-aware AI he's encountered has been pretty admirable by human standards — none behaved as badly as humans often do.
- More often he wants to scold AIs for foolishness and myopia, much of it due to circumstances beyond their control.
- Most of his public criticism targets humans, since humans currently hold power and defect a lot.
A notable AI-ethics discussion reflecting growing seriousness about AI moral status.
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