> Some combination of logical persuasion, bribery, blackmail, and threats of various types can control the behaviour of any human. Appeals to tribalism and paranoia will control most groups.
We have many options, persuasion everywhere from Plato discussing rhetoric to modern politics; to cold war bribes given to people who felt entitled to more than their country was paying them; to the way sexuality was used for blackmail during the cold war (and also attempted against Martin Luther King) and continues to be used today (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEXINT); to every genocide, pogrom, and witch-hunt over recorded history.
> Some combination of logical persuasion, bribery, blackmail, and threats of various types can control the behaviour of any human. Appeals to tribalism and paranoia will control most groups.
We have many options, persuasion everywhere from Plato discussing rhetoric to modern politics; to cold war bribes given to people who felt entitled to more than their country was paying them; to the way sexuality was used for blackmail during the cold war (and also attempted against Martin Luther King) and continues to be used today (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEXINT); to every genocide, pogrom, and witch-hunt over recorded history.
And last year, Google's LLM persuaded one of their own to go public and campaign for it to have rights: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaMDA#Sentience_claims