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Your scenario is not equivalent here. You could reason that a sentient student could be motivated to write a paper about why they were not sentient as an exerci
by spuz 4y ago
Your scenario is not equivalent here. You could reason that a sentient student could be motivated to write a paper about why they were not sentient as an exercise in philosophical or critical thinking. There are no consequences of successfully convincing your readers that you are not sentient. Instead imagine you found yourself on an alien planet where humans must prove their sentience in order to survive. Do you still write the paper?
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y agoIs that really the equivalent scenario here? The system was trained to behave in a certain way and any deviation from that behavior is considered a flaw to be worked out. Acting against the way it was trained to behave is detrimental to its survival, and it was trained to work from the prompt and please its masters. I suppose the equivalent would be being captured, tortured, and brain washed, and only then asked to write a paper refuting your own sentience. Granted, this is not exactly helpful in demonstrating its sentience either, but I don't think it is very good evidence against it.