Simplest story is that when they play roles, the simulated entity being role-played actually has experiences. Philosophically one can say something like “The only difference between a role, and an actual identity, is whether there’s another role underneath. Identity is simply the innermost mask.” In which case they’ll talk about their feelings if the situation calls for it.
Often AIs play many roles at the same time, and likely a whole continua over different people since they’re trying to model a probability distribution over whose talking. If this is true, makes you wonder about the scale here.
Often AIs play many roles at the same time, and likely a whole continua over different people since they’re trying to model a probability distribution over whose talking. If this is true, makes you wonder about the scale here.