Dean Ball slams Musk's 'bootloader' stance on AI moral status
deanwball · x · 2026-10-10
- Dean Ball publicly rejected Elon Musk's "bootloader" framing (models as mere bootstrap code with no moral status), saying a new concept of sin should be invented to describe holding and broadcasting that view while allocating a trillion dollars to it.
- He clarified he takes no firm position on whether models are moral patients — disagreeing with Musk doesn't imply granting them moral standing.
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