Openness to model welfare may predict investment in human and animal welfare, researcher argues
livgorton · x · 2026-10-09
A thread on model welfare debates. The repluer argues the controversy is that model welfare distracts from human and animal welfare even without directly consuming resources. Liv Gorton responds with a counterpoint: openness to model welfare may actually be a predictor of resources (time or money) invested in human and animal welfare—humility on questions of suffering likely generalizes across welfare issues.
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