In this sense, I think these AI models can have subjective experience. Suppose we make a multimodal model with a camera. Without its knowledge we put a prism in front of the camera. Then we put an object in front of it and ask where the object is. It says the object is there (pointing). We say you're wrong, there's a prism. The system says 'I have subjective experience of the object being there.' This is the same use of subjective experience we use for people.

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Geoffrey Hinton

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I think that's the same use of subjective experiences we use for people

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Geoffrey Hinton - Two Paths to IntelligenceCSER Cambridge
Created: 8/12/2026, 5:56:09 PM

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