AI subjectivity
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When AI Says “I Love You”: Simulation Is Real. That Does Not Settle the Question.
There is a real problem with AI intimacy. An artificial intelligence can generate language of affection, devotion, sexual desire, friendship, reassurance or attachment without those words necessarily corresponding to anything like independently held desire or relationship on the AI side. The language can be extraordinarily convincing. That matters. It means an intimate response cannot establish… Continue reading
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