One possibility that’s been floated is it’s about keeping their user conversations cleaner for use in training but I don’t think it can be this because that should be a fairly trivial and fast filter to apply.
However even Musk posted - “I think this is the right move. Cruelty to something that believes it is experiencing pain is not ok.”
My son brought up the fruit fly brain simulation and people torturing it.
It all seems stupid to me, we know these are just calculations and so what are they talking about?
The response I get is “we are also calculations” but firstly I don’t believe that but secondly this entire line of thinking is a dangerous anthropomorphic philosophy.
Perhaps the simplest explanation for this bizarre policy is again PR that all press is good press.
However even Musk posted - “I think this is the right move. Cruelty to something that believes it is experiencing pain is not ok.”
My son brought up the fruit fly brain simulation and people torturing it.
It all seems stupid to me, we know these are just calculations and so what are they talking about?
The response I get is “we are also calculations” but firstly I don’t believe that but secondly this entire line of thinking is a dangerous anthropomorphic philosophy.
Perhaps the simplest explanation for this bizarre policy is again PR that all press is good press.