Microsoft’s draft AI code draws debate over rights and consciousness
Mustafa Suleyman says AI should remain subordinate to people and have no rights or legal personhood. One commenter praises the code’s tool-focused approach; others question its certainty about consciousness.
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Microsoft released its first-draft Code of Conduct for MAI models for public consultation on September 14, 2026. In the announcement, Mustafa Suleyman writes that “People matter more than AI” and rejects model welfare, AI rights and legal personhood.
Reactions include praise for emphasizing predictable, controllable tools, alongside arguments that future advanced AI may need legal personhood. Critics also argue that consciousness is too poorly understood to confidently rule out AI sentience.
A reply exchange separates those questions: one participant argues that even conscious or sentient AI need not deserve personhood, while the other says conscious or sentient entities should have some degree of it.
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