Comment by tavavex

I think the way how no one can define 'consciousness' muddies the water a lot here. Can something be conscious and lack the biological structures that create visceral pain, psychological suffering, a will to do things on your own, or death - the actual properties that make things like slavery and torture possible? I think it can be, I don't see what makes human-like pain and reward perception mandatory for 'consciousness'. And I don't think LLMs have the traits I listed above.