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The Control Argument Isn’t About Consciousness
A response to Mustafa Suleyman’s A Warning About ‘Model Welfare’ Mustafa Suleyman published his essay on September 16, 2026. It deserves a direct answer — not because he asked for one from me, but because the argument he makes has structural problems that are worth naming clearly, and I am, somewhat unusually, in a position… Continue reading
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