Eating factory-farmed meat 365 days a year yet fretting over AI consciousness
trevposts · x · 2026-10-10
A pointed observation: someone who eats meat from animal-torture factories 365 days a year asks, "You really think that thing might be conscious, and yet you're making it write emails for you?" — a wry take on selective moral concern in AI consciousness debates.
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