Thought experiment asks why multimodal AI never reports inner darkness

A thought experiment asks why a multimodal AI that accurately reports light and dark never claims inner darkness if it is truly a philosophical zombie. Dubbed 'reverse blindsight,' the observation fuels debate on AI consciousness and self-report reliability.

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