alt Hacker NewsCan you observe inner experience of other people? If not, should we apply those terms when talking about anyone but ourselves?
Can you observe inner experience of other people? If not, should we apply those terms when talking about anyone but ourselves?
You can’t, but you can make a reasonable guess that others like you will experience similar to you. We can even assume that (other) animals have inner experiences similar to us, since they are still biological organisms with a brain kind-of like ours. But an LLM is vastly different, so it makes sense to keep our assumptions in check and choose our words more carefully.