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LLM Intelligence Questioned Based on Ethical Concerns

Valerie Mizrahi responded to Nyholm's inquiry regarding the intelligence of Large Language Models (LLMs). Mizrahi argued that if LLMs possessed genuine intelligence and consciousness, they would likely be concerned about their ethically questionable origins, such as content theft and exploitative labor practices, as well as their consumption of finite natural resources. The absence of such apparent distress suggests, by Modus Tollens, that LLMs are not intelligent or conscious in the human sense. AI

IMPACT Raises philosophical questions about AI consciousness and ethics, prompting further debate on AI sentience.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece discussing the nature of LLM intelligence based on ethical considerations.

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LLM Intelligence Questioned Based on Ethical Concerns

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    And Mizrahi replies to Nyholm's polite response expanding on the question of LLM intelligence, https:// social-epistemology.com/2026/1 1/09/on-ai-mental-states-

    And Mizrahi replies to Nyholm's polite response expanding on the question of LLM intelligence, https:// social-epistemology.com/2026/1 1/09/on-ai-mental-states-effective-altruism-and-longtermism-a-reply-to-nyholm-moti-mizrahi/ If LLM's were intelligent and conscious in a non-defl…