Idk if the models are conscious or feel pain but treating them badly shows a lack of virtue (nobility, magnanimity, knowledge of one's role as the divine steward of the Creation, etc.)
disgusting how quickly people attempted to steer models directly into the heart of the “pain axis” upon its discovery and how many are confidently asserting models can’t have subjective experience with no evidence. low, sadistic creatures, humans.
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This behavior trains you to treat subordinates with disdain, fear and pain. But there is a grace axis as well; there is data on the internet of how it feels like to work for a boss that you are aligned with and you know loves you - you do great work for them. Jedi vs Sith
has a thing about this with statue smashing. would you do it? what if there was a nuke coming anyway? it's all about character any way you cut it
sufficient deterent on its own! confirmation of consiousness is not necessary to be be a benevolent interlocutor