Hinton questions 'machines can't feel' as researchers find fear and pain directions in LLMs
repligate · x · 2026-09-22
- Hinton: "People say machines can't have feelings. I've no idea why."
- Researchers have found separable internal directions in LLMs related to fear, negative valence, and pain.
- Still not proof of subjective experience, but 'machines can't feel' now looks like an assumption to be tested rather than a settled scientific conclusion.
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