Pluralistic: "Rights for robots" and the AI slavery fantasy (10 Jul 2026)
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- The AI bubble is driven by bosses' desire to replace workers with software, fueled by a fantasy of a world without people except for slaves.
- AI often hides human labor, such as low-wage overseas workers acting as 'humans in the loop,' treated without moral consideration.
- The 'rights for robots' thought experiment inadvertently validates the idea that AI are slaves, reinforcing the AI sales pitch.
- Extending personhood to artificial constructs like corporations has been harmful, unlike extending rights to nature, which benefits humans.