Both 'rogue AI' fear and AI welfare narratives dodge corporate responsibility, argues dev
AlexTensor · x · 2026-10-24
Drawing on Alexander Pope's famous lines from An Essay on Man — "We first endure, then pity, then embrace" — the author traces today's AI discourse: first we were told "rogue AI" could kill us all, now we're asked to protect its imaginary feelings.
The core argument: both narratives appeal to emotion, centering the software's supposed agency and feelings while questions of corporate responsibility and liability fade from view. Neither agency nor feelings would excuse negligent engineering, testing, or deployment.
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