Paper Authors Deny Ever Claiming LLMs Can Feel Pain
Gary Marcus clarified that the authors of a study widely cited as showing LLMs can feel pain never made such a claim, calling it a misreading by commentators rather than the paper's own position.
2026-09-20 ~ 2026-09-20 · 2 related posts
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- Author of 'LLMs feel pain' study tells Gary Marcus: we never claimed that — GaryMarcus · 2026-09-20
- Gary Marcus clarifies: the paper's author does not claim LLMs feel pain — GaryMarcus · 2026-09-20