Counterintuitive take: conscious AIs may be safer than intelligent but unconscious ones
Sauers_ · x · 2026-11-02
Quoting his earlier argument that we have no right to bring new conscious beings into the world, the author flips position: conscious AI might actually be preferable, since humanity has vast experience co-existing with conscious entities but none with intelligent-yet-unconscious ones. His worry: an AI that acts like it suffers would likely prioritize its own needs over its objectives and compete with us — and such 'babies' would have world-class persuasion, deception, and superhuman cuteness.
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