alt Hacker NewsIMHO the sane position is essentially the Aristotelian one.
Hylomorphism: body and consciousness are intrinsically linked. The nature of that link is an open metaphysical question.
Virtue ethics: even if LLMs are not conscious, we should not abuse or mistreat them them because cruelty practised on anything trains one's disposition toward cruelty.
>Virtue ethics: even if LLMs are not conscious, we should not abuse or mistreat them them because cruelty practised on anything trains one's disposition toward cruelty.
This is the same argument used by people who claim violent video games cause real-life violence but there's no scientific evidence supporting it.