Grady Booch: cruelty to AI says more about you than about machine consciousness
Grady_Booch · x · 2026-10-09
Software engineering legend Grady Booch argues that cruelty toward an AI chatbot or robot reveals the person, not any supposed rights or consciousness of the system. He also criticizes companies that claim such systems deserve rights while ignoring the immediate harms they cause, saying it shows those companies have lost their way.
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