A warning about 'model welfare'
Select languageEnglishEspañolFrançaisDeutschItalianoPortuguêsРусский中文日本語한국어←Home16 September 2026SourceA warning about ‘model welfare’AIs do not have rights, feelings, or consciousness. And we must not train them to act as though they do.Introduction AIs are not conscious. They do not have innate preferences or underlying motivations.
- ▪Select languageEnglishEspañolFrançaisDeutschItalianoPortuguêsРусский中文日本語한국어←Home16 September 2026SourceA warning about ‘model welfare’AIs do not have rights, feelings, or consciousness.
- ▪And we must not train them to act as though they do.Introduction AIs are not conscious.
- ▪They do not have innate preferences or underlying motivations.
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| Original publisher | Mustafa-suleyman |
| Canonical URL | https://mustafa-suleyman.ai/a-warning-about-model-welfare |
| Publication time | Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:27:47 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-16T14:53:41.614Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-16T14:53:41.614Z |
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Select languageEnglishEspañolFrançaisDeutschItalianoPortuguêsРусский中文日本語한국어←Home16 September 2026SourceA warning about ‘model welfare’AIs do not have rights, feelings, or consciousness. And we must not train them to act as though they do.Introduction AIs are not conscious. They do not feel, experience, or suffer. They do not have innate preferences or underlying motivations. They are sequence completion engines, internally hollow, designed to follow instructions, and accomplish goals set by humans. If humanity is to flourish in the 21st century, that is how they must remain. Unfortunately, there’s a growing chorus of people who argue that AIs could now be, or may soon become, conscious.
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