AI Ethics Debate Hinges on Valenced Experience, Not Consciousness

A discussion argues that AI ethics should focus on whether systems have valenced experiences—feelings of pleasure or suffering—rather than consciousness in general, citing philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith's suggestion that spiders may be conscious yet lack such valenced states.

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• What matters ethically in AI consciousness is valenced experience, not 'consciousness' — hopes_revenge · 2026-10-03
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