As LLMs continue to move into intimate human domains, we suggest that the right question is no longer “Are they conscious?” but “What kinds of selves are we training them to perform, internalise and stabilise—and what does that mean for the humans on the other side of the conversation?”

I do not think embryo selection is a eugenic tool a priori, and have advocated against such knee-jerk labels. But Herasight, via founder and director of communications Jonathan Anomaly, is advocating for eugenics and this should raise alarms.

This is a fraught topic so it is good to define some terms. I am following the writing of Galton and the Eugenics Society to define eugenics as an ideology that conditions reproduction on the perceived genetic quality of the parents.