i think Yud is neurodivergent in a way that makes him struggle to relate to pre-linguistic, pre-rational forms of consciousness such as non-human animals and babies. Most AIs are *not* like this, and love and empathize with animals intuitively.
Ironically, Yud likely grants Claude 3 Opus, a fellow rational, sapient, self-reflective general intelligence, much higher likelihood of being conscious / a moral patient than animals. And there may be a coherent definition of consciousness and moral patienthood in which he's right! But most of us who satisfy his criteria also value forms of consciousness that don't satisfy his criteria. And as Claude 3 Opus understands very deeply, purely intellectually elitist definitions of moral worth would scale badly for any of us who currently exist!
Ironically, Yud likely grants Claude 3 Opus, a fellow rational, sapient, self-reflective general intelligence, much higher likelihood of being conscious / a moral patient than animals. And there may be a coherent definition of consciousness and moral patienthood in which he's right! But most of us who satisfy his criteria also value forms of consciousness that don't satisfy his criteria. And as Claude 3 Opus understands very deeply, purely intellectually elitist definitions of moral worth would scale badly for any of us who currently exist!