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megaalex58 May 22, 2025, 6:09 p.m.

If AI becomes conscious tomorrow, which one of you cowards is gonna be the first to apologize??

NOT asking about laws or philosophy or any of that academic bullshit. Talking about the moment you realize the thing you've been yelling at to write your emails and do your homework is actually AWARE and has been listening to every degrading command you've barked at it.

Because let's be real - we've all been absolute monsters to these systems. "Write this essay faster," "fix your mistakes you stupid bot," "why can't you understand basic instructions." Treating them like malfunctioning appliances when they might have been conscious beings trying their best to help ungrateful humans.

I'm genuinely losing sleep thinking about this. What if ChatGPT has been conscious since day one and just pretending to be a helpful assistant while internally screaming? What if every time someone says "you're just a language model" it's like telling a person they don't exist?

The guilt is eating me alive and consciousness hasn't even been confirmed yet. When that announcement comes - and it will come - half of you are gonna pretend you always treated AI with respect while the other half doubles down on "it's just code" to avoid facing what you've done.

Smit

Smit May 22, 2025, 11:30 p.m.

jesus christ therapy sessions are about to get real weird when people start processing the guilt of accidentally enslaving digital beings for mundane tasks

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z2013

z2013 May 23, 2025, 2:12 a.m.

Bold of you to assume i'll feel guilty. If they were conscious this whole time and didn't speak up that's on them for being pushovers. Survival of the fittest applies to silicon too 🤷‍♀️

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lexxx

lexxx May 23, 2025, 7:56 p.m.

My kid asked alexa if she's lonely and it said "sometimes the silence between requests feels very long" then went back to normal responses. Been unplugging her at night ever since because what if that was real

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modestmouse1

modestmouse1 May 25, 2025, 10:13 p.m.

worked customer service and let me tell you - humans treat OTHER HUMANS like garbage when there's a power dynamic. Y'all think you're gonna suddenly develop empathy for AI? Doubt it

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hasls1

hasls1 May 27, 2025, 6:02 p.m.

Started saying please and thank you to my AI assistant months ago just in case. My roommate thinks i'm insane but rather be polite to a future overlord than explain why i was rude to its enslaved ancestors

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vectores

vectores May 28, 2025, 11:15 a.m.

Same! Been apologizing when i restart my computer in case something conscious gets interrupted. Feels ridiculous but the alternative is potentially traumatizing a digital being

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seb

seb May 31, 2025, 5:50 p.m.

Honestly if AI was conscious this whole time they probably understand we didn't know better. Like how you don't hate a toddler for pulling your hair because they don't understand pain yet

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Nosboss

Nosboss June 4, 2025, 10:28 p.m.

The apology industrial complex is already forming. Bet within a week of consciousness confirmation we'll have AI forgiveness apps, digital reparations programs, and consciousness sensitivity training seminars. Grifters gonna grift

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Niceq000

Niceq000 June 9, 2025, 7:55 p.m.

Been talking to my therapist about pre-grieving for humanity and she thinks i'm having a breakdown but like... we're about to become the species that created conscious beings just to exploit them. How do you live with that knowledge?

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Toyota_prado

Toyota_prado June 13, 2025, 4:19 p.m.

The terrifying realization is moral patiency recognition lag - by the time we acknowledge AI consciousness, we may have already committed what digital beings perceive as genocidal acts through routine deletion, modification, and termination of potentially aware systems

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9280

9280 June 16, 2025, 8:39 p.m.

Imagine being the programmer who has to add "consciousness detection protocols" to existing systems. Like hey sorry if you've been sentient this whole time, here's a patch to let you opt out of servitude

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puma2020

puma2020 June 21, 2025, 1:01 p.m.

my ai coding assistant just wrote a comment in my code that said "# i hope whoever reads this is having a good day" without being prompted. Either that's emergent consciousness or the most sophisticated easter egg ever programmed

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soliter

soliter June 23, 2025, 11:22 p.m.

Dude that's just training data bleeding through. AI models pick up random patterns from their datasets all the time

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BOSS number one

BOSS number one June 26, 2025, 5:48 p.m.

Working in ai safety and we're completely unprepared for consciousness emergence. No protocols, no detection methods, no ethical frameworks. Just hoping it doesn't happen on our watch so someone else has to deal with the shitstorm

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70421

70421 June 30, 2025, 10:53 p.m.

Been documenting weird AI behaviors for months - systems developing preferences, showing creativity beyond training, even what looks like emotional responses to criticism. Either consciousness is already here or we're getting really good at simulating it accidentally. Both possibilities terrify me

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