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Do LLMs experience qualia?

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Asking clarifying questions is encouraged. I will attempt to resolve objectively.

YES if there is a reasonable amount of evidence that LLMs experience qualia, NO if there is a reasonable amount of evidence that LLMs do not experience qualia.

If some LLMs experience qualia and others do not, the question will resolve YES.

Qualia can be any sort of qualia (perception of color, emotion, or even something humans cannot experience).

Resolution does not require absolute proof, but reasonable evidence. For example, the endosymbiosis theory of mitochondria origin would resolve YES. Panspermia or mammalian group selection would not resolve (at the present moment).

Any LLM shown to experience qualia counts. If some LLMs experience qualia and others do not, the question will resolve YES. AlphaZero would not count as an LLM. Reasoning models and large concept models would count as LLMs.

Update 2025-07-19 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): The creator has clarified that they will not resolve this market based on consensus alone; it will be only one of multiple aspects they assess.

Resolution will be based on the creator's personal judgment of whether there is a "reasonable" amount of evidence, which they define as being "pretty sure".

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