New post: The Rank Hypocrisy of "AI Welfare": How Silicon Valley Wants to Grant Rights to Machines, but Not to Workers
"AI welfare is a clearinghouse for corporate money and a shield against regulation—especially labor regulation. Public opinion is urged to focus the welfare of AI models as nonhuman entities, while companies blatantly disregard the very humans who bring AI into existence. Debating model sentience while ignoring the living, breathing people who make these systems run is rank hypocrisy. It’s a PR smoke screen. It's a rhetorical sleight of hand. It's the pot-maker calling the kettle a person." https://www.casilli.fr/2025/09/15/the-rank-hypocrisy-of-ai-welfare-how-silicon-valley-wants-to-grant-rights-to-machines-but-not-to-workers/ -- Antonio A. Casilli Professor, Institut Polytechnique de Paris My new book: Waiting for Robots. The Hired Hands of Automation, University of Chicago Press, 2025. My new documentary: In the Belly of AI, Federation Studios, 2025. *We respect your right to disconnect. My workflow efficiency accounts for the timing of this email. Taking action or responding outside of office hours is not required.*
