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We may never be able to tell if AI becomes conscious, argues philosopher (www.cam.ac.uk)
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[โ€“] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yep, I also don't see how it could ever be proven. Even if we take something like being capable of experiencing suffering, how would we differentiate that from just mimicking a response to suffering based on its human training data?

[โ€“] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Careful with that one. Descartes applied it to some dogs he was torturing.