Henry Shevlin(@dioscuri):Even if AIs were conscious, it wouldn’t follow that our current treatment harms them. Meanwhile, we inflict industrial-scale horrors on animals whose capacity to suffer we scarcely dispute. Recognising consciousness clearly doesn’t ensure taking welfare seriously

Henry Shevlin

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Philosopher & AI Ethicist @GoogleDeepMind · @LeverhulmeCFI @Cambridge_Uni | Consciousness, Machine Minds, AGI, Human-AI Relationships | All views my own | 🦐🌱

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Henry Shevlin@dioscuri

2026.10.03 11:55

Even if AIs were conscious, it wouldn’t follow that our current treatment harms them. Meanwhile, we inflict industrial-scale horrors on animals whose capacity to suffer we scarcely dispute. Recognising consciousness clearly doesn’t ensure taking welfare seriously