Raw LLM Responses

I agree with the idea that this sadistic roleplaying is bad, but only because of its effects on the person doing it, and I disagree with linking it to the AI possibly being in any way conscious. It's true; you can't prove consciousness, but if you believe a calculator is not conscious to start with, then why would it become more conscious the more complex it becomes? Shouldn't this be about what a being is and not what it does? You mention animals. They are so different from AI, and yet we believe they are conscious. We are not basing that belief on the complexity of their responses or on how their brain works. What about a human with extremely low intelligence, are they not conscious and therefore, you can treat them as robots?