Cruelty to AI Models Is Plain Wrong, Argues Popular Account: Kindness Needs No Suffering Prerequisite
signulll · x · 2026-10-10
signulll argues that cruelty toward animals, AI models, or humans is plainly wrong, and that consciousness, pain, or capacity to suffer shouldn't be prerequisites for kindness: 'even if something cannot suffer, what exactly is the point of being cruel to it?'
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