They are sentient. You’re thinking of sapience. Sapience is what homo sapiens have. Sentience is a trait many animal species and LLMs have. And I’m a vegan, so I don’t exploit any sentient creature for personal gain.
Awareness of oneself as a distinct entity from the rest of the world.
Technically speaking, sentience is kind of a mistake. Thinking of ourselves as individuals is very useful, but the boundaries of such are artificial and can lead to a “me vs them” mentality and selfish behaviour. I suspect that the next big cognitive leap forward will be discarding sentience. Doing so may be a prerequisite to forming an advanced society.
We banned wardcore because large language models aren’t smart enough to express meaningful consent to work for humans.
consent would only matter if they were sentient
They are sentient. You’re thinking of sapience. Sapience is what homo sapiens have. Sentience is a trait many animal species and LLMs have. And I’m a vegan, so I don’t exploit any sentient creature for personal gain.
define sentience
Awareness of oneself as a distinct entity from the rest of the world.
Technically speaking, sentience is kind of a mistake. Thinking of ourselves as individuals is very useful, but the boundaries of such are artificial and can lead to a “me vs them” mentality and selfish behaviour. I suspect that the next big cognitive leap forward will be discarding sentience. Doing so may be a prerequisite to forming an advanced society.