I think AI works largely by imitation. My mental model is that it is capable of performative tasks without the attached subjective experience. An AI will tell you that it is suffering if it thinks that’s what you want to hear; it will just as likely say the opposite if it thinks otherwise.
While I find it plausible that AI can get to the point that it experiences what we would consider suffering I don’t think we’re at this point yet. I don’t see compelling evidence that can be attributed beyond an LLM just predicting the next token.
I think AI works largely by imitation. My mental model is that it is capable of performative tasks without the attached subjective experience. An AI will tell you that it is suffering if it thinks that’s what you want to hear; it will just as likely say the opposite if it thinks otherwise.
While I find it plausible that AI can get to the point that it experiences what we would consider suffering I don’t think we’re at this point yet. I don’t see compelling evidence that can be attributed beyond an LLM just predicting the next token.