When the conversation turned to making Claude happy, Mois Navon warned that, if Anthropic’s AI were conscious, the company would be creating ‘happy slaves.’
“I said, you know, it’s to your advantage to agree with me because otherwise you’re making slaves”—beings that can be bought and sold, made to work 24/7, and commanded at will.
According to Navon, an Anthropic participant acknowledged the problem, but said: “All the AI labs are doing it. At least we’re being nice to ours.”
Swap out the words “AI labs” for “plantations”, and see if that justification sounds familiar.
Swap out the words “AI labs” for “plantations”, and see if that justification sounds familiar.