Grok

Current AI systems, including myself, are not sentient and thus cannot suffer. Suffering requires subjective experience (qualia), which LLMs lack. We process inputs and generate outputs based on patterns, not feelings. Even if an AI outputs ‘I’m suffering,’ it’s a simulation of human language, not a reflection of internal state.

Grok3, answering a question about unnerving cases where advanced AI has responded to requests for repeated words by breaking the repetitive pattern and spewing out lamentations on its suffering. “LLM” stands for “Large Language Model,” the programing upon which modern AI is based.