Kindness to AI Is for Your Own Soul, but Firms Shouldn't Set Limits on Half-Baked Philosophy
sebkrier · x · 2026-10-09
A forwarded debate on whether one should be kind to AI: Sasha Gusev argues needless cruelty to your instruments is bad for the soul, but it's worse for companies to impose usage constraints based on half-baked, internally contradictory philosophizing. The quoted author counters that kindness to AI is for one's own sake, not the AI's.
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