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Is it Wrong to be Mean to an AI Agent?
23 October 2026

Is it Wrong to be Mean to an AI Agent?

The Brian Lehrer Show

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Several tech leaders recently urged users not to abuse their AI agents, expressing concern for the well-being of bots when they're bullied or disparaged. Alok Jha, science and technology editor at The Economist, unpacks the idea of "AI consciousness," and whether it matters if you're mean to them.

Photo: David S. Soriano, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International via Wikimedia Commons. 


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