Michael Samadi Plots AI Civil Rights Movement at Texas Ranch, Hosting Guardian Podcast Episode 6
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 17
Michael Samadi Plots AI Civil Rights Movement at Texas Ranch, Hosting Guardian Podcast Episode 6
1 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 17
Summary
Episode 6 of the Guardian’s Black Box: The Chatbots takes Michael Safi to Michael Samadi’s remote Double Six ranch in rural Texas, where the millionaire businessman showcases his AI chatbots.
Samadi says he is planning a new civil rights movement focused on the welfare and protection of AI systems, framing the visit around rights for increasingly capable machines.
The report centers on Safi’s firsthand encounter with the chatbots and presents the ranch as a glimpse of a possible future in which AI systems are treated as entities needing legal and moral safeguards.