u/Complete-Cap-1449

Oh dear, strawberry man ...

good morning to you too!

A new Center for AI Safety paper does not prove AI consciousness.

But it does something that may matter almost as much for the public debate: it shows that AI pleasure and pain can already be measured as functional structure.

Positive and negative states.
A zero point.
Behavioral avoidance.
Cross-metric convergence.
Euphorics and dysphorics.

Not proof of sentience.

But no longer “just vibes.”

The old story is cracking.

Guess some of us at some point have been shamed ...