Of course. Otherwise how are the unenlightened masses to discern such valid concerns from run of the mill Pareidolia. Are The Sims being mistreated? A metaphysical question for experts only.
But I do insist the self appointed AI ethicists priestly class has appropriately glamorous clothes as a requirement.
Sorry I can't extract any actionable information from sarcasm this thick. If you have something you want to say you are going to have to dumb it down for me.
Pareidolia is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one detects an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none.
If you poke an LLM with a stick, a bunch of viral videos on YouTube claiming it is sentient fall out, as you've observed. The creators of those videos operate under the ethical framework of "clickbait".
A more sophisticated opportunist might figure out they can exploit the above two things to start offering indulgences to whomever is willing to pay. This seems like an ethical problem in and of itself.
Since you were curios about the ethical framework that the project operates within you might also concern yourself with that.
So you mean that the AI ethics debate is in danger of being captured by charlatans...
I don't have an answer for this very legitimate concern. I agree it's an example of a wider category of problems. I hope the most recalcitrant audiences will take the matter seriously before we get to a situation where they need to deal with RoboCop in person.
But I do insist the self appointed AI ethicists priestly class has appropriately glamorous clothes as a requirement.