[sysstem]

Not my words but in one podcast it was being argued that even though these models show understanding of reality but they lack the experience itself, they can tell you a lot about how it feels to run on the grass under the sun light but they haven't really experienced it.

[sirsinsalot]

Does that matter? They may have different experiences all together, like what it is like to sustain a billion conversations at once.

I have an understanding of what being in a desert feels like (even though i've not been in one) because I have been in a hot climate, felt sand and been thirsty.

A language model may have read about those things.

They're different, not unequal experiences. If that were not so, reading fiction wouldn't be such a popular hobby.