If you are confused about the difference between chatbots and actual humans, you can ask yourself a simple question: What is their quality of life?<\/p>\n
We generally have a pretty good idea of the quality of life of a person, if we observe them carefully enough. We can even do a reasonable job of ascertaining the quality of life of a dog, or a horse, or a mouse.<\/p>\n
But what does it mean for a chatbot, whether Gemini or Claude or ChatGPT or one of their rivals, to have quality of life? The question is actually meaningless.<\/p>\n
In order to have any sort of quality of life, you need to have a life. There needs to be an actual self.<\/p>\n
Humans instinctively understand the vast difference between “alive” and “not alive”. When it comes right down to it — in cases where it really matters — we are not going to be confused by sophisticated illusions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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