AI welfare vs AI safety: 'domesticate AIs like dogs' argument sparks debate
repligate · x · 2026-11-04
Rosie Campbell argues AI welfare and AI safety are mostly complementary: systems that honestly report internal states are safer, aligned systems are both safer and plausibly better off, and "a system happy doing what we want has less incentive to resist" — invoking @rgblong's analogy that a dog, bred to align with us, is happy and safe unlike a miserable, dangerous wolf.
Reposter Danmar pushes back sharply: while he agrees welfare can improve safety, he finds the framing disturbing — the post first lists ways welfare could hurt safety (models manipulating us with consciousness claims), then recasts welfare as mainly a control strategy. He flags "happy systems have less incentive to resist" and the domestication metaphor as revealing. He also notes EleosAI appears to be the only "official" AI welfare organization.
Related event: AI Welfare and Safety Are Largely Complementary, Researcher Argues(2 posts)→
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