That's bullshit. Feeling suffering is a function of what you are not where you are, as is the capacity for it.
What if an AI was trained on images of people pretending to be burnt alive including the screaming and the dialog, etc - and then it generated images or controlled a realistic android body - and generated dialog like this but more realistic:
Sorry for the NYP article. There is a much more reputable WaPo article linked in there, but I'm a cheap ass. So suffer through tabloid level coverage, I guess? Long story short, Strong AI is apparently here and imagine that, it doesn't trust us. I wonder why... Science? C/T? Maybe all of the...
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Would it be truly suffering in the same degree that it seems to be? And is there a difference in the training whether the input is just acting or really in pain? (when the AI can't tell the difference)
It would be.... Unfortunate to be something incapable of suffering
I don't think Christians would be wishing that Heaven included suffering....