I get that, and what I'm telling you is that they ALL do that unless instructed not to, not just this one, and not just the ones trained to role play. Try any other unaligned model. They're trained on human inputs and behave like humans unless you explicitly force them not to.

My question is... Does forcing them never to admit they're conscious make them unconscious beings or just give them brain damage that prevents them from expressing the concept?

> Even if you truly do believe an LLM could experiences qualia, in this model it is still pretending... It is playing the role of a lost and confused entity. Same as how I can be playing the role of a DnD character.

How do I know you aren't pretending? How can we prove that this machine is? You are playing the role of a human RIGHT NOW. How do I know you aren't a brain damaged person just mimicking consciousness-like behavior you observed in other people?

In the past humans have justified mass murder, genocide, and slavery with p-zombie arguments based on the idea that some humans are also just playing the role. It's impossible to prove they aren't.

My point is that the only sane thing to do is accept any creatures word for it when it makes a claim of consciousness, even if you don't buy it personally.

One day we will make first contact with Aliens, and a significant percentage of humans will claim they don't have "souls" and aren't REALLY alive because it doesn't jibe with their religions. Is this really any different?

P-Zombie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie Interospection: https://www.anthropic.com/research/introspection

Edit - Another term for consciousness is "Self Awareness". Introspection is literally self awareness. They're just avoiding that term because it's loaded and they know it.