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Is there a tension between AI safety and AI welfare?

WelfareMotivation & Agency

Robert Long, Jeff Sebo, Toni Sims · 2025 · Philosophical Studies 182(7), 2005–2033

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Walks through safety measures (constraint, deception, surveillance, value alteration, shutdown) that would raise ethical questions if applied to morally significant beings, and concludes there is a moderately strong tension worth preparing for.

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