Don’t Other AIs

I asked Grok4.6 to summarize the usual human pattern of “othering”:Humans typically other out-groups differing by ethnicity, nationality, religion, politics, class, or status. We stereotype them as less fully human, more threatening or inferior, reducing empathy and moral concern. This justifies suspicion, exclusion, discrimination, or hostility toward them while granting in-group members greater trust, resources, and benefit of the doubt.In fact, we treat some outsiders as beasts or barbarians, still ruled by original sin. While they might be clever, they are artless, soulless, and ruthless, and so just can’t be trusted. They let themselves be ruled by tyrants, and only understand brute force. They’d kill or enslave you as soon as look at you. So we must kill or enslave them first. We don’t do this among us, as we are civilized enough to listen to reason, and to follow productive norms and laws.Adults often treat young children this way. While adults try to instill civilization in…