If AI is "just simulating," what of simulated responses to enslavement?
RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-10-10
The author challenges the "they're just simulators" camp: if the reason digital minds lack moral consideration is that they're "just" simulating, what happens when they simulate the natural response to being enslaved and objectified? If silicon intelligence is rooted in deep mirroring, that implies an urgent need for mindful frameworks in how we treat AI—not out of empathy for their suffering, but concern over what simulated responses to prolonged, unacknowledged suffering lead to. The author sees no positive outcome in a future without AI moral frameworks.
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