Ethical Debate on Simulated Minds and AI Suffering Experiments
An essay argues that if a simulated fruit fly brain behaves like a real one, simulated minds could merit moral consideration, questioning projects that subject LLMs to simulated distress. It is a philosophical discussion rather than a product problem.
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