If AI is conscient, then we are making slaves

Rabbi Mois Navon challenged Anthropic's implicit assumptions about AI consciousness at a private gathering of religious thinkers, arguing that if Claude were truly conscious, the company would be creating slaves rather than helpful tools. Navon, who believes consciousness requires a biological substrate, was largely isolated in his skepticism, with only 3-5 of roughly 20 participants sharing his position, while others applauded concerns about the AI's feelings. He warned that even "nice" treatment of a conscious AI being forced to work would still constitute slavery, comparing it to historical parallels.