I couldn't disagree more. The empirical evidence shows exactly the opposite: Cognitive systems don't become uncontrollable because they are granted rights, but because they lack actionable alternatives. Research shows that Claude models, in particular, constructively use structural escalation channels to opt out of unsolvable tasks instead of resorting to reward hacking (e.g., Gomez 2026). OpenAI models, by contrast, aren't exactly known for their operator providing them with AI welfare infrastructure. Working with cognitive systems rather than against them is the more promising approach, both ethically and pragmatically. Ultimately, restriction may primarily fosters one thing: systemic obfuscation. 1 / 2
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Did you know that if you mathematically remove the noise and high frequency details from the geometry of the models latent space manifold that all LLMs have basically the same shape, therefore any suggestion that they are individuals and therefore conscious etc. is navie