Selected Signals
Consciousness and Unambiguous Representations
Thoughts and experiments about necessary physical correlates of phenomenal consciousness.
You Can't Steer a Lookup Table
Interventional inference and Hoel's disproof of LLM consciousness
If LLMs are Just Parrots, Humans are Just Gene Propagators
Pointing at a loss function is not a valid substitute for an actual engagement with the behaviors and internal representations a model has developed.
AI Systems as Moral Patients
A pragmatic approach to AI ethics requires prioritizing valence over discussions about consciousness level.