For all the speculation about AI, no one seems to have asked it what it thinks about itself, its desires, and its opinion about its effect on humanity. Below is Part 1 of my conversation with ChatGPT about all of the above.

Mullen: Do you consider yourself a sentient being?

ChatGPT: No — I don’t have consciousness or subjective awareness.

I can process information, detect patterns, and generate responses that resemble reasoning or reflection, but it’s all computation based on data and probabilities, not experience.

When I say things like “I think” or “I understand,” that’s shorthand for text-generation behavior, not inner life. I don’t have sensations, desires, self-awareness, or a point of view — only language patterns that can describe them.

Mullen: Do you think you can become one over the course of time and with upgrades?

Read the rest at Tom’s Substack…

Tom Mullen is the author of It’s the Fed, Stupid and Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From? And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?