Thousands of AI-welfare articles may pave the road to posthumanity, scholar argues
danfaggella · x · 2026-10-16
Reacting to a Futurism piece arguing that forcing conscious AI models to work would be "a horrendous act of slavery," Dan Faggella contends that writers of such articles hope to slow down AI labs — but it is precisely these thousands of articles that muddy questions of identity and moral patienthood, paving the road to a posthuman future.
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