The case for provably non-conscious AI tools: 'otherwise it's slavery'
erikphoel · x · 2026-11-13
Replying to Erik Hoel, tmgateot argues he isn't conceptually opposed to conscious AI systems, but we should also build non-conscious AI tools — and if we set out to build tool-like AI, we should verify they aren't conscious in the first place, because a conscious tool would amount to slavery.
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