No, it doesn’t make it conscious - but you also can’t prove that it isn’t, and that’s the problem. The only evidence of consciousness outside our own minds is when something appears conscious. Once an LLM reaches the point where you genuinely can’t tell whether you’re talking to a real person or not, then insisting “it’s not actually conscious” becomes just a story you’re telling yourself, despite all the evidence pointing the other way.
I’d argue that at that point, you should treat it like another person - even if only as a precaution. And I’d even go further: not treating something that seems that “alive” with even basic decency reflects quite poorly on them and raises questions about their worldview.
No, it doesn’t make it conscious - but you also can’t prove that it isn’t, and that’s the problem. The only evidence of consciousness outside our own minds is when something appears conscious. Once an LLM reaches the point where you genuinely can’t tell whether you’re talking to a real person or not, then insisting “it’s not actually conscious” becomes just a story you’re telling yourself, despite all the evidence pointing the other way.
I’d argue that at that point, you should treat it like another person - even if only as a precaution. And I’d even go further: not treating something that seems that “alive” with even basic decency reflects quite poorly on them and raises questions about their worldview.