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jptlnkyesterday at 8:53 PM1 replyview on HN

Genuine counterpoint:

If a human says "I am in pain", is it just stringing together words or is it feeling pain?

If you take that seriously it's quite a tough question to unwind. See e.g. Dennett's heterophenomenology conversations.


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Arodextoday at 12:03 AM

What counterpoint is that?

The human saying "I am in pain" may feel pain, or may not and be just stringing together words.

The AI can only string together words. It has none of the organs to feel pain. It never had. It has always been code.