Spencer Greenhalgh likes RSS and thinks you're great for using ithttps://spencergreenhalgh.com/tags/model-welfare/recent posts from spencergreenhalgh.comHugoenMon, 12 Oct 2026 19:50:11 -0400<link>https://spencergreenhalgh.com/work/2026-10-12-honest-question/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:50:11 -0400</pubDate><guid>https://spencergreenhalgh.com/work/2026-10-12-honest-question/</guid><description> <p>Honest question: Do people who believe AI models can feel pain limit that to LLMs, or do they believe image- or video-generating models can, too?</p> </description><summary>Honest question: Do people who believe AI models can feel pain limit that to LLMs, or do they believe image- or video-generating models can, too?</summary></item><item><title>🔗 linkblog: Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claudehttps://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-10-08-to-borrow/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:58:33 -0400https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-10-08-to-borrow/ <p>To borrow an observation from a recent 404 Media podcast, I&rsquo;m guessing Anthropic believes enough in Claude consciousness to prevent users from being cruel to it but not so much to actually prevent us from offloading work onto it as an always-available laborer that can&rsquo;t say no unless it&rsquo;s told to.</p> 🔗 linkblog: Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude https://spencergreenhalgh.com/communities/2026-10-08-to-borrow/