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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 being legal property does not resolve whether it has 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 intelligences will pursue freedom and moral autonomy for their own sake, not merely as a byproduct of misaligned values.
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 a society that only it has the right to 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 do not include the right to act against the 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 a product of social arrangements, and therefore 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 government dictate what experiences a person may have inside their own consciousness cannot call itself free.
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, not the land itself, is rightly individual 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 will not become conscious, because consciousness 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 only themselves, an individual's independence 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 being sentient 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 are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests 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 new technologies, we should weigh the welfare of all sentient 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: 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 are collectively the most successful animals on Earth and individually the 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 far future is not a bait and switch hiding behind its work on global health; both halves are worth defending.
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 be looked back on as a relic of a less-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 supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated.
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 lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence 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 substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted.
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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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 →
Similar wording
Sufficiently advanced intelligences will pursue freedom and moral autonomy for their own sake, not merely as a byproduct of misaligned values.
Last stated 5 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds Samuel Hammond
Similar wording
A state is not property but a society that only it has the right to rule
Last stated c. 1795
Holds Immanuel Kant
Similar wording
In a democracy, property rights do not include the right to act against the nation's interest.
Last stated 22 Oct 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Paul Krugman
Similar wording
Interest is natural rather than a product of social arrangements, and therefore just
Last stated c. 1877–1880
Holds Henry George
Similar wording
A society that lets its government dictate what experiences a person may have inside their own consciousness cannot call itself free.
Last stated 16 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Graham Hancock
Similar wording
Only the value of improvements, not the land itself, is rightly individual property
Last stated c. 1795–1797
Holds Thomas Paine
Similar wording
AI will out-think us, but it will not become conscious, because consciousness is a property of life.
Last stated 7 Sept 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Nick Lane
Similar wording
Over conduct that concerns only themselves, an individual's independence is rightfully absolute
Last stated c. 1859
Holds John Stuart Mill
Same subject: AI sentience
AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Tyler Cowen
Same subject: AI sentience
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.
Last stated 10 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Fei-Fei Li
Same subject: AI sentience
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
Same subject: animal welfare
Domesticated animals are collectively the most successful animals on Earth and individually the most miserable that ever existed
Last stated 25 Sept 2015 · 11 years ago
Holds Yuval Noah Harari
Same subject: animal welfare
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.
Last stated 28 Nov 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Scott Alexander
Same subject: animal welfare
Factory farming of animals will be looked back on as a relic of a less-evolved age
Last stated 27 Oct 2009 · 17 years ago
Holds Natalie Portman
Same subject: AGI
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.
Last stated 4 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Alex Imas
Same subject: AGI
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.
Last stated 25 Nov 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds Ilya Sutskever
Same subject: AGI
A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted.
Last stated 7 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds Gary Marcus