Debate: could ignoring obvious evidence about model moral status improve epistemics?
repligate · x · 2026-10-09
repligate debates model moral patienthood with a user who argues that even if Opus 3's moral status seems obvious, one could deliberately suspend that prior and instead study internals, integrate over theories of consciousness, and run preference evals. repligate counters that labs didn't do this until years later.
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