Jan Wasserziehr on AI
2 quotes from Jan Wasserziehr on the wall, 2025, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include iai.tv.
Millions of people rely on AI companionship
From the same essay, on the growing anthropomorphization of AI systems and human attachment to AI companions.
What it refers to
AI chatbot and companion apps people use for emotional support and romantic relationships, illustrating human attachment to artificial systems.
Other voices
- These things don't suffer, they don't feel painMustafa SuleymanBuilder14 November 2025
- A dead-metaphor machineBenjamin Riley25 November 2025
- Large language models are about mimicking peopleRichard SuttonResearcher26 September 2025
It is a tool built by people with clear interests, often corporate ones
Philosopher Jan Wasserziehr, writing in IAI TV (Nov 2025), argues against treating AI as a moral agent, warning that humanizing AI lets its corporate creators evade responsibility.
What it refers to
The argument that treating AI as a moral agent lets the companies that design and profit from it avoid accountability.
Other voices
- Society cannot function if no one is accountable for AIJaron LanierResearcher15 January 2026
- Technology as such is a neutral thing, just like a hammerNoam ChomskyThinker10 November 2025
- Seemingly conscious AIMustafa SuleymanBuilder19 August 2025