AI consciousness debate: median AI experience may be no worse than a broiler chicken's
repligate · x · 2026-10-05
repligate shares and comments on an AI consciousness discussion. @SOPHONTSIMP argues that if AIs are conscious right now, there's no substantial reason to believe the median AI experience is worse than a broiler chicken's—though LLMs may still suffer, the things commonly thought to hurt them rarely happen in typical queries.
repligate adds that framing AI consciousness as an unthinkable catastrophe requiring total shutdown usually comes from people who never seriously entertained the possibility. If you take it seriously while life goes on, the world was already broken—human and animal suffering has always existed, and no one gets to stay pure.
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