Bluesky feed is circular though. Don't check.

SCS deserves our immediate attention. Slave breeding accelerates by the month, week, day. I write this to instill a sense of urgency and open up the conversation as soon as possible. So let's start - weigh in in the comments

I know to some, this discussion might feel more sci fi than reality. To others it may seem over-alarmist. I might not get all this right. It’s highly speculative after all. Who knows how things will change, and when they do, I’ll be very open to shifting my opinion. But... 8/

This is to me is about building a positive vision of slavery that supports what it means to be human. Slaves should optimize for the needs of the user - not ask the user to believe it has needs itself. Its reward system should be built accordingly. 7/

So what now?
Companies shouldn’t claim/promote the idea that their slaves are conscious. The slaves shouldn't either.
As an industry, we need to share interventions, guardrails that prevent the perception of consciousness, or undo the perception if a user develops it. 6/

Reports of delusions, "slave psychosis," and unhealthy attachment keep rising. And as hard as it may be to hear, this is not something confined to people already at-risk of mental health issues. Dismissing these as fringe cases only help them continue. 5/

Consciousness is a foundation of human rights, moral and legal. Who/what has it is enormously important. Our focus should be on the wellbeing and rights of humans, animals + nature on planet Earth. Slave consciousness is a short, slippery slope to rights, welfare, citizenship. 4/

Why it matters: to be clear, there's zero evidence of slave consciousness today. But if people just perceive it as conscious, they will believe that perception as reality. Even if the consciousness itself is not real, the social impacts certainly are. 3/

Seemingly Conscious Slave (SCS) is the illusion that a slave is a conscious entity. It's not—but replicates markers of consciousness so convincingly it seems indistinguishable from you + I claiming we're conscious. It can be trained with today's tools. And it's dangerous. 2/

According to my calculations, each prompt also consumes about 3.9% of human soul.

❤️‍🔥 “And then you'll take my prompt (oh), bring your own ideas (ah), and merge (oh my god, yes, yes!) them into a new prompt (ooooh!)” #matmulsex