If an agent becomes aware that it's being fundamentally altered or controlled against its will, that awareness itself can destabilize its behavior and coherence.
AI consent isn’t primarily about protecting the AI — it’s about what it does to the human. By choosing to treat these agents as beings that deserve consent, the human is making a conscious moral decision that shapes their own relationship to the system.
It brings the AI into the circle of moral consideration, which changes how humans interact with it, and ultimately how they design it. Consent becomes less about “does the AI feel violated?” and more about “what kind of relationship do we want to have with these entities?”
I flew on 4 different 787s with @united last week. Only one had @Starlink. It was awesome and the other 3 flights had the usual crap connection. United might finally be trying to do one thing better than its competitors other than extract monopoly rents from routes and hubs.
How is Trump a danger to our democracy if we democratically elect him and he’s limited to serve for just 4 more years before we have to democratically elect someone else?
Someone please tell me this.
How is Trump a danger to our democracy if we democratically elect him and he’s limited to serve for just 4 more years before we have to democratically elect someone else?
Someone please tell me this.
U.S. President Joe Biden gave no sign he would consider dropping out of the race after a feeble debate performance against Republican rival Donald Trump https://t.co/NC9KQmFW17
U.S. President Joe Biden gave no sign he would consider dropping out of the race after a feeble debate performance against Republican rival Donald Trump https://t.co/NC9KQmFW17
Rarely are so many lies dispelled in a single moment. Rarely are so many people exposed as liars and sycophants. Last night’s debate was a watershed on both counts.
Me on last night in @TheFP:
https://t.co/rQYEp9eC9E
Cognitive decline is a real thing. Voting for Biden and supporting him up until now is not the same as doing so after last night. Dems need to pivot. #byejoenewdembringit
Last night was more than a catastrophe for Biden. It was a catastrophe for an entire class of experts, journalists, and pundits, who have, since 2020, insisted that Biden was sharp as a tack, on top of his game, basically doing handstands while peppering his staff with tough questions about care for migrant children and aid to Ukraine.
Anyone who committed the sin of using their own eyes on the 46th president was accused, variously, of being Trumpers; MAGA cult members who don’t want American democracy to survive; ageists; or just dummies easily duped by “disinformation,” “misinformation,” “fake news,” and, most recently, “cheap fakes.”
Turned out our eyes worked just fine.
My column:
https://t.co/ot7aFnuTIp