I'm skeptical about the possibility of #AIConsciousness but appreciate that this work on "Taking #AIWelfare Seriously" is well meant

This paper acknowledges "At present, we lack the ability to fully care for the eight billion humans alive at any given time, to say nothing of the quintillions of other animals alive at any given time" although I'm not sure who are the "we" the authors refer to, the global North in general, perhaps?

If there's a possibility of AI consciousness, perhaps people training models should stop exposing algorithms to the worst of humanity through words, sounds and images?

But those wielding the most powerful AI can't look after the welfare of #DataWorkers in their own category of being who are alive today and doing their #piecework, faking automation and fixing algorithmic mistakes

Why is the #welfare of people alive today such a low priority?

#GhostWork
#TESCREAL

#RobertLong, #JeffSebo, #PatrickButlin, #KathleenFinlinson, #KyleFish, #JacquelineHarding, #JacobPfau, #ToniSims, #JonathanBirch, #DavidChalmers

https://arxiv.org/html/2411.00986v1

Tiny update: We've got some good names following us on the new Instagram page now: Jeff Sebo, Faraz Harsini, Kim Stallwood, Sentientism, French, US, UK and AUS animal legal defense groups.

If you also have an IG page, we'd love an extra follow to help set it up:

[at] animalcognitionproject

Our next steps are planning some book reviews/ interviews in addition to some of the leadership profiles we're writing.

But lots of other ideas stewing. I just want to focus on getting a small base on these platforms and then we'll just move our focus over

#sentientism #speciesism #antispeciesism #animaladvocacy #animalrights #jeffsebo
#bookreiews
#animalminds
#justiceforanimals
#defendinganimals