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← As we redesign life with new technologies, we should weigh the welfare of all sentient beings, not just humans

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 1 Mar 1999 to 3 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about AI sentience.

Everything filed under design design Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: As we redesign life with new technologies, we should weigh the welfare of all sentient beings, not just humans As we redesign life with new technologies,we should weigh the welfare of allsentient beings, not just humans Last stated 11 years ago 25 Sept 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small. — tap to centre the map on it AI sentience is a category error,and the chances of AIs beingsentient are vanishingly small. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Competent information processing and sentience are wholly unrelated — tap to centre the map on it Competent information processing andsentience are wholly unrelated Last stated 3 weeks ago 3 Oct 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Current AI systems are not sentient, contrary to what utopian visions of AI assume. — tap to centre the map on it Current AI systems are not sentient,contrary to what utopian visions ofAI assume. Last stated 11 months ago 3 Dec 2025 JC Josh Collinsworth — holds since 2025-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Current AI systems are very unlikely to be close to achieving genuine sentience. — tap to centre the map on it Current AI systems are very unlikelyto be close to achieving genuinesentience. Last stated 3 months ago 16 Jul 2026 SJ Steven Johnson — holds since 2026-07-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: It will be easier to build an AI that cares about all sentient life than one that cares about humans alone, because the AI itself will be sentient. — tap to centre the map on it It will be easier to build an AIthat cares about all sentient lifethan one that cares about humansalone, because the AI itself will besentient. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Replacing human employees with AI without humans checking the output is reckless. — tap to centre the map on it Replacing human employees with AIwithout humans checking the outputis reckless. Last stated a year ago 25 Jul 2025 JG James Gleick — holds since 2025-07-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Science has shown beyond reasonable doubt that farm animals are sentient beings who can suffer — tap to centre the map on it Science has shown beyond reasonabledoubt that farm animals are sentientbeings who can suffer Last stated 11 years ago 25 Sept 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Talk of helping others is an easier place to hide than transforming oneself. — tap to centre the map on it Talk of helping others is an easierplace to hide than transformingoneself. Last stated 2 years ago 23 Apr 2024 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2024-04-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face. — tap to centre the map on it A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-onglasses seems far more enticing thana $3,699, 700-gram headset strappedto the face. Last stated 4 weeks ago 24 Sept 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it A baby-step version of eval-drivendesign is to sketch out 10 to 20hero flows and run the feature orinteraction through them to seewhere it falls apart. Last stated a month ago 9 Sept 2026 EB Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it A browser works better as a singlewindow than as multiple separatewindows. Last stated a month ago 15 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A design has to be kept simple for reliability and intellectual control, but nobody yet knows how to reach simplicity systematically. — tap to centre the map on it A design has to be kept simple forreliability and intellectualcontrol, but nobody yet knows how toreach simplicity systematically. Last stated 28 years ago 1 Mar 1999 ED Edsger W. Dijkstra — holds since 1999-03-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's edge now is pullingthings back, making them simpler andmore understandable, becauseeveryone can kind of execute rightnow. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jul 2026 CD Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A product's craft probably comes down to whether it works without pain and how it makes people feel. — tap to centre the map on it A product's craft probably comesdown to whether it works withoutpain and how it makes people feel. Last stated a month ago 10 Sept 2026 RS Robby Stein — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A shadow in an interface implies a light source, so an elevated element needs a highlight where the light falls, not just a drop shadow. — tap to centre the map on it A shadow in an interface implies alight source, so an elevated elementneeds a highlight where the lightfalls, not just a drop shadow. Last stated 2 years ago 21 Feb 2025 TC Thiago Costa — holds since 2025-02-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A twist works best when it is discoverable on rewatch rather than achieved by directly misleading the audience. — tap to centre the map on it A twist works best when it isdiscoverable on rewatch rather thanachieved by directly misleading theaudience. Last stated 11 months ago 18 Nov 2025 NE Nat Eliason — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are
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At the centre As we redesign life with new technologies, we should weigh the welfare of all sentient beings, not just humans Last stated 25 Sept 2015 · 11 years ago Holds Yuval Noah Harari Read this korrent →