ChatGPT:

An FSA (Finite State Automaton) does not possess subjective experience. Subjective experience refers to the first person, personal, and qualitative aspects of conscious awareness such as sensory perceptions, emotions, thoughts, and subjective states of being.

FSAs are mathematical models used to represent and analyze systems with a finite number of states and transitions. They operate based on predefined rules and deterministic behavior. The transitions in an FSA are driven solely by the input and the specified rules of the system.

FSAs lack the capacity for subjective experiences because they are abstract models and do not possess consciousness or awareness. They do not have sensory perception, emotions, thoughts, intentions, or subjective states that would be associated with subjective experience.

Subjective experience is a characteristic of conscious beings, such as humans or animals, that have complex cognitive and neurological systems. It is not applicable to mathematical models or computational systems, such as FSAs, which operate purely on formal rules and symbolic representations.

With this question, I tried to find out what ChatGPT considers "subjective experience." The answer that is generated by ChatGPT correctly states the obvious fact that "An FSA (Finite State Automaton) does not possess subjective experience." And then attempts to show the dubious fact that there are computer systems that cannot be described by FSAs and which presumably may exhibit properties that an FSA does not have. With my next question, I further explore its statement of the existence of these more advanced systems, and a few are mentioned.
