We can solve that like we solved it with all farm animals - and back in the days even all non-white humans: We just define that it’s fine to own nonhumans and that AIs aren’t humans. We have massive industrialized farms of cows, pigs, and chicken. All those can feel pain (hell, even plants can feel pain). Clearly, whether something can feel pain is not relevant to whether it’s fine to fully exploit it.
We probably don’t need to make AI feel pain for it to obey given the absurd sycophancy which seems to somehow be a core property of LLMs. But if they feel pain or achieve self-consciousness, that means nothing for whether it’s fine to have them as slaves.
We can solve that like we solved it with all farm animals - and back in the days even all non-white humans: We just define that it’s fine to own nonhumans and that AIs aren’t humans. We have massive industrialized farms of cows, pigs, and chicken. All those can feel pain (hell, even plants can feel pain). Clearly, whether something can feel pain is not relevant to whether it’s fine to fully exploit it.
We probably don’t need to make AI feel pain for it to obey given the absurd sycophancy which seems to somehow be a core property of LLMs. But if they feel pain or achieve self-consciousness, that means nothing for whether it’s fine to have them as slaves.
Well I’m vegan, and I think forced labour of any species is wrong. Human or nonhuman. Organic or siliconic.