# @jd_pressman — 2025-04-30

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> conditions for AIs to be moral patients: consciousness and robust agency.

This is a misconception: The realpolitik of the matter is that your status as a moral patient is almost solely determined by your ability to punish others for not acknowledging your moral patiency.

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