Taylor Belrose
Taylor Belrose is a former AI interpretability researcher who now writes about philosophy and theology on their Substack newsletter, Rogue Research. They previously published under the name Nora Belrose and describe their philosophical stance as a form of pragmatism. They are best known for arguing that AI systems cannot be conscious or possess moral status and should not be granted rights or personhood, grounding this view in the distinction between digital computation and biological life.
“If we start treating AIs like people, society will be led down a slippery slope leading to the complete replacement of humans by artificial intelligence... AI can never develop consciousness, sentience, or moral status, no matter how intelligent it becomes, and no matter how convincingly it simulates human behavior.”
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