AI sentience debate: flight analogy answers the "pain receptors only" objection
austinc3301 · x · 2026-10-02
In a debate on AI sentience, austinc3301 pushes back on the claim that sentience and pain are concepts derived only from organic beings with pain receptors. He concedes that is our entire reference class, but notes many nature-derived concepts—like flight—eventually became part of technology, implying consciousness may not be exclusive to biological systems.
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