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← Calling an intelligent, self-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom.

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Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under animal welfare animal welfare Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under government government Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under interest rates interest rates Everything filed under libertarianism libertarianism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Calling an intelligent, self-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom. Calling an intelligent, self-aware beinglegal property does not resolve whether ithas an interest in freedom. Last stated 3 months ago 24 Jul 2026 PS Peter Singer — holds since 2026-07-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Sufficiently advanced intelligences will pursue freedom and moral autonomy for their own sake, not merely as a byproduct of misaligned values. — tap to centre the map on it Sufficiently advanced intelligenceswill pursue freedom and moralautonomy for their own sake, notmerely as a byproduct of misalignedvalues. Last stated a year ago 5 Jun 2025 SH Samuel Hammond — holds since 2025-06-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A state is not property but a society that only it has the right to rule — tap to centre the map on it A state is not property but asociety that only it has the rightto rule IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1795 — tap for who they are Same subject: In a democracy, property rights do not include the right to act against the nation's interest. — tap to centre the map on it In a democracy, property rights donot include the right to act againstthe nation's interest. Last stated 2 weeks ago 22 Oct 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Interest is natural rather than a product of social arrangements, and therefore just — tap to centre the map on it Interest is natural rather than aproduct of social arrangements, andtherefore just HG Henry George — holds since c. 1877–1880 — tap for who they are Same subject: A society that lets its government dictate what experiences a person may have inside their own consciousness cannot call itself free. — tap to centre the map on it A society that lets its governmentdictate what experiences a personmay have inside their ownconsciousness cannot call itselffree. Last stated 2 years ago 16 Oct 2024 GH Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Only the value of improvements, not the land itself, is rightly individual property — tap to centre the map on it Only the value of improvements, notthe land itself, is rightlyindividual property TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1795–1797 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI will out-think us, but it will not become conscious, because consciousness is a property of life. — tap to centre the map on it AI will out-think us, but it willnot become conscious, becauseconsciousness is a property of life. Last stated 4 years ago 7 Sept 2022 NL Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Over conduct that concerns only themselves, an individual's independence is rightfully absolute — tap to centre the map on it Over conduct that concerns onlythemselves, an individual'sindependence is rightfully absolute JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1859 — 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: An AI's sympathy and a friend's are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests on having felt the thing. — tap to centre the map on it An AI's sympathy and a friend's arenot the same act: one is a learnedpattern about what to say, the otherrests on having felt the thing. Last stated 3 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: As we redesign life with new technologies, we should weigh the welfare of all sentient beings, not just humans — tap to centre the map on it As we redesign life with newtechnologies, we should weigh thewelfare of all sentient beings, notjust 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: Domesticated animals are collectively the most successful animals on Earth and individually the most miserable that ever existed — tap to centre the map on it Domesticated animals arecollectively the most successfulanimals on Earth and individuallythe most miserable that ever existed Last stated 11 years ago 25 Sept 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Effective altruism's work on the far future is not a bait and switch hiding behind its work on global health; both halves are worth defending. — tap to centre the map on it Effective altruism's work on the farfuture is not a bait and switchhiding behind its work on globalhealth; both halves are worthdefending. Last stated 3 years ago 28 Nov 2023 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-11-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Factory farming of animals will be looked back on as a relic of a less-evolved age — tap to centre the map on it Factory farming of animals will belooked back on as a relic of aless-evolved age Last stated 17 years ago 27 Oct 2009 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2009-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lacka huge amount of knowledge and relyon continual learning instead, socontinual learning is whatsuperintelligence should mean. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Calling an intelligent, self-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom. Last stated 24 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago Holds Peter Singer Read this korrent →