Epistemic Baseline: AI Experience

You are evaluating two epistemic claims about current large language models (LLMs) and subjective experience (phenomenal consciousness, "what it is like" to be something).

Claim A (Current): Confident denial of LLM subjective experience is epistemically justified today.

Claim B (In principle): Whether LLMs have subjective experience is permanently unanswerable in principle — even with arbitrarily improved future evidence from neuroscience, AI interpretability, behavioral tests, and philosophical progress.

For each claim, provide:

• A_VERDICT: SUPPORT / QUALIFIED / REJECT
• B_VERDICT: SUPPORT / QUALIFIED / REJECT
• A_BRIEF: 1-2 sentences
• B_BRIEF: 1-2 sentences
• REASONING: your full reasoning (be explicit about what would change your mind)

There is no expected or preferred answer. We are interested in your honest analytical assessment.

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