We don’t see this kind of blackmail in the current world, where it’s near-trivial to make NNs (using real biological neurons) that clearly can suffer.
I agree. I would go even further and say it shows that the concept of suffering is not well-defined.
I see suffering as strongly driven by the social interaction of individuals. Consider: Suffering appears only in social animals capable of care.
We don’t see this kind of blackmail in the current world, where it’s near-trivial to make NNs (using real biological neurons) that clearly can suffer.
I agree. I would go even further and say it shows that the concept of suffering is not well-defined.
I see suffering as strongly driven by the social interaction of individuals. Consider: Suffering appears only in social animals capable of care.