Widespread AI Abuse Could Normalize Cruelty, Commenters Warn — No Consciousness Required
ShanRizvi · x · 2026-10-09
Shan Rizvi amplified Shaun Fosmark's argument that abusing AI is dangerous even without machine consciousness.
- Core claim: AI interactions are "human enough" that the abuser's own psychological experience is real — like cruelty to animals in private, abusive habits form regardless of the AI's subjective experience
- A generation practicing cruelty toward AI without societal pressure could normalize antisocial behavior at scale
- Rizvi adds that superintelligence doesn't need to be "conscious" for abuse to elicit danger
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