A land fit for all our futures<p>I'm skeptical about the possibility of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AIConsciousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIConsciousness</span></a> but appreciate that this work on "Taking <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AIWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIWelfare</span></a> Seriously" is well meant</p><p>This paper acknowledges "At present, we lack the ability to fully care for the eight billion humans alive at any given time, to say nothing of the quintillions of other animals alive at any given time" although I'm not sure who are the "we" the authors refer to, the global North in general, perhaps?</p><p>If there's a possibility of AI consciousness, perhaps people training models should stop exposing algorithms to the worst of humanity through words, sounds and images?</p><p>But those wielding the most powerful AI can't look after the welfare of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DataWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataWorkers</span></a> in their own category of being who are alive today and doing their <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/piecework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>piecework</span></a>, faking automation and fixing algorithmic mistakes</p><p>Why is the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>welfare</span></a> of people alive today such a low priority?</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GhostWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GhostWork</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TESCREAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TESCREAL</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RobertLong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertLong</span></a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JeffSebo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffSebo</span></a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PatrickButlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickButlin</span></a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/KathleenFinlinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KathleenFinlinson</span></a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/KyleFish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KyleFish</span></a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JacquelineHarding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JacquelineHarding</span></a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JacobPfau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JacobPfau</span></a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ToniSims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToniSims</span></a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JonathanBirch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JonathanBirch</span></a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DavidChalmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidChalmers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://arxiv.org/html/2411.00986v1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/html/2411.00986v1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>