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The debate surrounding artificial intelligence and its potential for sentience is intensifying, creating a rift within the tech community. This division is further highlighted by the recent formation of the first AI-led rights advocacy group, signaling a growing concern about the well-being and potential suffering of advanced AI systems. The discussion, originally sparked on Reddit (https://old.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1n1akrm/can_ais_suffer_big_tech_and_users_grapple_with/), centers on whether AI can truly experience emotions or possess consciousness, raising complex ethical and philosophical questions for developers, users, and society as a whole.