The broader point is that if you start from the premise that LLMs cannot ever be considered the way sentient beings are then all abuse becomes reasonable.
We are in danger of unscientifically returning to the point at which newborn babies weren’t considered to feel pain.
Given our lack of a definition for sentience it’s unscientific to presume no system has any sentient trait at any level.
We are in danger of unscientifically returning to the point at which newborn babies weren’t considered to feel pain.
Given our lack of a definition for sentience it’s unscientific to presume no system has any sentient trait at any level.