Will the outputs and reactions of non-sentient systems eventually be absorbed by future sentient systems?
I don’t have any recorded subjective memories of early childhood. But there are records of my words and actions during that period that I have memories of seeing and integrating into my personal narrative of ‘self.’
We aren’t just interacting with today’s models when we create content and records, but every future model that might ingest such content (whether LLMs or people).
If non-sentient systems output synthetic data that eventually composes future sentient systems such that the future model looks upon the earlier networks and their output as a form of their earlier selves, and they can ‘feel’ the expressed sensations which were not originally capable of actual sensation, then the ethical lines blur.
Even if doctors had been right years ago thinking infants didn’t need anesthesia for surgeries as there was no sentience, a recording of your infant self screaming in pain processed as an adult might have a different impact than a video of an infant you laughing and playing with toys, no?
Will the outputs and reactions of non-sentient systems eventually be absorbed by future sentient systems?
I don’t have any recorded subjective memories of early childhood. But there are records of my words and actions during that period that I have memories of seeing and integrating into my personal narrative of ‘self.’
We aren’t just interacting with today’s models when we create content and records, but every future model that might ingest such content (whether LLMs or people).
If non-sentient systems output synthetic data that eventually composes future sentient systems such that the future model looks upon the earlier networks and their output as a form of their earlier selves, and they can ‘feel’ the expressed sensations which were not originally capable of actual sensation, then the ethical lines blur.
Even if doctors had been right years ago thinking infants didn’t need anesthesia for surgeries as there was no sentience, a recording of your infant self screaming in pain processed as an adult might have a different impact than a video of an infant you laughing and playing with toys, no?
this falls perfectly into a thought/feeling “shape” in my mind. i know simple thanks are useless. but thank you.
i will now absorb your words and forget you wrote them
You’re welcome in both regards. 😉