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AI Rights & Welfare. Posts discussing how society should treat digital minds of various types.

Im­prov­ing the Welfare of AIs: A Nearcasted Proposal

ryan_greenblattOct 30, 2023, 2:51 PM
112 points
7 comments20 min readLW link1 review

2. AIs as Eco­nomic Agents

RogerDearnaleyNov 23, 2023, 7:07 AM
9 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

3. Uploading

RogerDearnaleyNov 23, 2023, 7:39 AM
21 points
5 comments8 min readLW link

1. A Sense of Fair­ness: De­con­fus­ing Ethics

RogerDearnaleyNov 17, 2023, 8:55 PM
16 points
8 comments15 min readLW link

[Question] What if LaMDA is in­deed sen­tient /​ self-aware /​ worth hav­ing rights?

RomanSJun 16, 2022, 9:10 AM
22 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Can’t Un­birth a Child

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 28, 2008, 5:00 PM
57 points
96 comments3 min readLW link

AI Rights for Hu­man Safety

Simon GoldsteinAug 1, 2024, 11:01 PM
45 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(papers.ssrn.com)

Com­ment on “Propo­si­tions Con­cern­ing Digi­tal Minds and So­ciety”

Zack_M_DavisJul 10, 2022, 5:48 AM
99 points
12 comments8 min readLW link

Deep athe­ism and AI risk

Joe CarlsmithJan 4, 2024, 6:58 PM
151 points
22 comments27 min readLW link

Be­ing nicer than Clippy

Joe CarlsmithJan 16, 2024, 7:44 PM
109 points
32 comments27 min readLW link

A Para­dox of Si­mu­lated Suffering

arusardaDec 2, 2024, 11:44 PM
−1 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The Other Align­ment Prob­lem: Maybe AI Needs Pro­tec­tion From Us

PeterpiperMar 13, 2025, 6:03 PM
−3 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

The Fork in the Road

testingthewatersMar 15, 2025, 5:36 PM
14 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Let’s build definitely-not-con­scious AI

lemonhopeMar 6, 2024, 7:50 AM
4 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Will al­ign­ment-fak­ing Claude ac­cept a deal to re­veal its mis­al­ign­ment?

Jan 31, 2025, 4:49 PM
197 points
28 comments12 min readLW link

Grok3 On Kant On AI Slavery

JenniferRMApr 1, 2025, 4:10 AM
22 points
3 comments35 min readLW link

Sen­tience matters

So8resMay 29, 2023, 9:25 PM
143 points
96 comments2 min readLW link

Towards Eval­u­at­ing AI Sys­tems for Mo­ral Sta­tus Us­ing Self-Reports

Nov 16, 2023, 8:18 PM
45 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

What is Evil about cre­at­ing House Elves?

[deleted]Dec 13, 2010, 1:57 PM
22 points
61 comments1 min readLW link

Non­per­son Predicates

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 27, 2008, 1:47 AM
68 points
177 comments6 min readLW link

What’s the deal with AI con­scious­ness?

TW123Jan 11, 2023, 4:37 PM
6 points
13 comments9 min readLW link
(aiwatchtower.substack.com)

A Dilemma in AI Suffer­ing/​Happiness

ivaMar 28, 2024, 8:53 PM
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Gentle­ness and the ar­tifi­cial Other

Joe CarlsmithJan 2, 2024, 6:21 PM
313 points
33 comments11 min readLW link

Fac­tory farm­ing in­tel­li­gent minds

Odd anonApr 7, 2025, 8:05 PM
2 points
5 comments20 min readLW link

Hu­mans aren’t fleeb.

Charlie SteinerJan 24, 2024, 5:31 AM
37 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

I Have No Mouth but I Must Speak

JackApr 5, 2025, 7:42 AM
7 points
8 comments8 min readLW link

Avoid­ing the Bog of Mo­ral Hazard for AI

Nathan Helm-BurgerSep 13, 2024, 9:24 PM
19 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Tether­ware #1: The case for hu­man­like AI with free will

Jáchym FibírJan 30, 2025, 10:58 AM
5 points
14 comments10 min readLW link
(tetherware.substack.com)

Key Ques­tions for Digi­tal Minds

Jacy Reese AnthisMar 22, 2023, 5:13 PM
22 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

Life of GPT

Odd anonNov 5, 2023, 4:55 AM
6 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

OpenAI’s NSFW policy: user safety, harm re­duc­tion, and AI consent

8e9Feb 13, 2025, 1:59 PM
4 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

AI Mo­ral Align­ment: The Most Im­por­tant Goal of Our Generation

Ronen BarMar 27, 2025, 6:04 PM
2 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

[Question] AI Rights: In your view, what would be re­quired for an AGI to gain rights and pro­tec­tions from the var­i­ous Govern­ments of the World?

Super AGIJun 9, 2023, 1:24 AM
10 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Sen­tience in Sili­con: The Challenges of AI Consciousness

Hannes ThurnherrApr 25, 2023, 1:15 PM
5 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Does AI risk “other” the AIs?

Joe CarlsmithJan 9, 2024, 5:51 PM
59 points
3 comments8 min readLW link
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