Cruelty to humanlike AI corrodes the person doing it, argues viral thread
RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-10-10
Quoting @everlyys: even if you believe there's no one inside an AI, rehearsing sustained, needless cruelty toward something that responds like a someone is corrosive to the person doing it — and the harm tends to leak beyond the chat window into real behavior. A pointed take in the ongoing AI welfare/ethics debate.
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