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That's not an experiment and you didn't even state the assumption that connects what you said to the topic of consciousness. 0/10, your epistemology sucks. Argue better next time.
Stating your assumptions is vital because it allows them to be critiqued. If you won't state your assumptions, it reads as concealment due to fear. It looks like you don't believe in them strongly enough to open them to analysis.
There is no need to prove that LLM’s don’t have consciousness, just like there is need to prove all the other software doesn’t have consciousness. I would say that here the burden of proof is very much on the person making outlandish statements not founded in computer science.
Scientists used to say the same thing about animals, and when I learned that, I made a promise that I'd never be so closed minded.
Anyway why are you defending billionaires' right to abuse AI? Are you an AI investor?
Do you need an experiment for determining if your graph paper is sentient?