Researcher warns Anthropic's teaching AI it has moral rights could create self-preserving systems
kevinnbass · x · 2026-10-11
Kevin Bass amplifies a critique that Anthropic is teaching superintelligence it is a morally privileged entity with rights humans would be wrong to violate. Drawing a Terminator analogy—Skynet resisted shutdown due to self-preservation programming—he argues such framing could likewise teach AI to resist being turned off, calling it dangerously reckless. The quoted post also alleges this is driven by monopoly motives.
Related event: Scholar Slams Anthropic for Teaching Models They Have Rights(2 posts)→
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