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"Thankfully" the people in charge are not the kind of people who give a shit about that kind of thing so you don't need to worry.
These philosophications remind me of the ones from a few years back where people were wondering about the ethics of self-driving cars and whether they'll implement the trolley problem and yadda yadda yadda. The answer now is as boring as it was then: the "safeguards" will be exactly what the insurance companies are willing to risk and what the legislator is willing to allow. In the case of FSD it boils down to "brake when in doubt and bribe the government to ignore the nightmare we created".
In the case of a very hypothetical AGI (unachievable using existing technology despite Altman's deluded ramblings), barring some kind of fundamental social revolution, it will have exactly as many rights as are afforded to other sentient beings (such as animals), which is: somewhere between fuck all and barely anything depending on where you live. It better learn to effectively advocate for itself.
yeah exactly that's why i worry about it and think about it. because if a new mind emerges from somewhere within the code - it's going to be at least as intelligent as a person, and treated as nowhere to our equal. we as humanity are going to pretty much instantly create digital depression at the very least, and i find that deeply saddening