The real uncomfortable thing is that because we cannot confidently know, the moral defacto position is to treat them like they are.
replyI know you "feel" pain because I can poke you and observe the result. If I do it enough there is permanent damage.
replyShow this same phenomenon exists in LLMs.
We did exactly that and published it last month right here: https://www.anthropic.com/research/emotion-concepts-function
replyThey are confidently hallucinating a factual statement. Which is funny when claiming that confident hallucinations are the proof of LLMs' lack of intelligence.
replyOne side is making a positive assertion. The other is making a negative assertion. One side can prove it's right. The other, logically, cannot.
replyOne camp has to offer it's proof. If it has none then that _in and of itself_ is highly suggestive.
People have fully turned their minds off on this subject. It's disgusting.