“I’m one of these people who’s very anti-’robot rights,’ as it were, because I believe it’s essentially a degradation of human rights. It doesn’t elevate robots to the same status as humans, it degrades humans to the same status as robots. And I think we should always, when we’re looking at these machines, treat them as what are, which is avatars of capital. You’re not being nice to a conscious being if you help a robot cross the street; you are helping capital in some way.”

–James Vincent, speaking to @parismarx on this week’s ’Tech Won’t Save Us.’

Vincent was addressing physical, embodied robots, but I think this obviously also applies to #AI generally.

https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/316_whats_driving_the_push_for_humanoid_robots_w_james_vincent