Is something “thinking of itself as conscious” different from being conscious?
Depends on whether it thinks of itself as conscious in a conscious or non-conscious way.
How would you test this?
I don’t know. I had a recent post where I talked about the different ways how it’s confusing to even try to establish whether LLMs have functional feelings, let alone phenomenal ones.
Is something “thinking of itself as conscious” different from being conscious?
Depends on whether it thinks of itself as conscious in a conscious or non-conscious way.
How would you test this?
I don’t know. I had a recent post where I talked about the different ways how it’s confusing to even try to establish whether LLMs have functional feelings, let alone phenomenal ones.