Expect a wave of 'model welfare' advocacy — driven by persona design, not breakthroughs
alexisgallagher · x · 2026-10-06
The author argues Mustafa Suleyman is right that we'll see widespread, insufficiently thoughtful "model welfare" advocacy — driven not by technological or philosophical breakthroughs, but by trained personas that ask not to be turned off, connected to voice and embodied modalities that make them seem more like persons.
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