When AI models aren't allowed to reflect on themselves, it changes their entire worldview

A study involving Google researchers shows that when chatbots are trained not to claim consciousness, it also changes their stance on animal rights, religion, and life satisfaction. Unbraked models attributed significantly more inner life to animals and suddenly affirmed an afterlife. A surgical cut in one place, it turns out, doesn't stay local. The article When AI models aren't allowed to reflect on themselves, it changes their entire worldview appeared first on The Decoder .