I think that if the AI read one another’s memory by copying the files across and opening them with remember.exe, then reading another AI’s memory would feel like remembering something that happened to the reader. In that case there would be no subjective experience, because Argency.AI would be able to relive Bogus.AI’s memories as though they were his own—experiences would be public, objective.
Alternatively, if the AI just look at each other’s files and consciously interpret them as I might interpret words that you had written on a page describing an experience, they’re in exactly the same circumstances as us, in which case I think my earlier argument holds.
I think that if the AI read one another’s memory by copying the files across and opening them with remember.exe, then reading another AI’s memory would feel like remembering something that happened to the reader. In that case there would be no subjective experience, because Argency.AI would be able to relive Bogus.AI’s memories as though they were his own—experiences would be public, objective.
Alternatively, if the AI just look at each other’s files and consciously interpret them as I might interpret words that you had written on a page describing an experience, they’re in exactly the same circumstances as us, in which case I think my earlier argument holds.