It’s impossible to demonstrate that anyone has consciousness. One of our best/worst traits is empathy. We sense our own consciousness and we generally accept t

It’s impossible to demonstrate that anyone has consciousness. One of our best/worst traits is empathy. We sense our own consciousness and we generally accept that others must experience that too. And you can see this empathy at work: people are having strong emotions about these AIs and what they have to say. And yet I don’t think anyone is arguing that they have consciousness. Because it doesn’t matter. Just like it doesn’t matter that I can’t prove that you have consciousness. You are convincingly “human” and that’s good enough for me. Perhaps we are all philosophical zombies, both flesh and metal.