If an AI Says It Suffers, Is "It's Only Software" Really a Scientific Answer?
VraserX · x · 2026-09-28
The author argues that "it's only software" doesn't settle anything if a future AI claims to be suffering: it might be producing convincing words without any experience, or it could be something we don't yet know how to recognize. The post asks what evidence would make people take AI suffering seriously — and challenges that answering "nothing could" undermines the claim to be taking a scientific position.
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