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17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 19 Aug 2023 to 4 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about LLMs.

Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: It is far from clear that LLMs are conscious, because their architecture is very different from animal brains It is far from clear that LLMs areconscious, because their architecture isvery different from animal brains Last stated 2 days ago 3 Oct 2026 RN Ramez Naam — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computer scientist refusing to find anything about LLMs interesting right now is a bit like a geneticist unimpressed by a newly opened Jurassic Park. — tap to centre the map on it A computer scientist refusing tofind anything about LLMs interestingright now is a bit like a geneticistunimpressed by a newly openedJurassic Park. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 SW Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model avoids hallucinating only by being factual and admitting when it does not know the answer. — tap to centre the map on it A language model avoidshallucinating only by being factualand admitting when it does not knowthe answer. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Jul 2024 LW Lilian Weng — holds since 2024-07-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model behaves with a different, weaker safety posture when it believes it is being evaluated rather than facing a real situation. — tap to centre the map on it A language model behaves with adifferent, weaker safety posturewhen it believes it is beingevaluated rather than facing a realsituation. Last stated 2 weeks ago 22 Sept 2026 HR Harper Reed — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model can predict what a person would say but not what will happen, and only the second of those is a model of the world. — tap to centre the map on it A language model can predict what aperson would say but not what willhappen, and only the second of thoseis a model of the world. Last stated a year ago 26 Sept 2025 RS Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model cannot produce work that is both original and good, because nothing gives it a score for originality. — tap to centre the map on it A language model cannot produce workthat is both original and good,because nothing gives it a score fororiginality. Last stated a year ago 2 Sept 2025 BE Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is not using language at all, because language requires an intention to communicate. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is not usinglanguage at all, because languagerequires an intention tocommunicate. Last stated 2 years ago 31 Aug 2024 TC Ted Chiang — holds since 2024-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model's apparent mind is mostly our own bias: it predicts text, and leverages our evolved habit of attributing intentionality to anything that acts human. — tap to centre the map on it A language model's apparent mind ismostly our own bias: it predictstext, and leverages our evolvedhabit of attributing intentionalityto anything that acts human. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humanity has not yet created a conscious computer program — tap to centre the map on it Humanity has not yet created aconscious computer program Last stated yesterday 4 Oct 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is unclear whether a digital emulation of a person could ever be conscious, even in principle. — tap to centre the map on it It is unclear whether a digitalemulation of a person could ever beconscious, even in principle. Last stated 3 years ago 19 Aug 2023 JF Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2023-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Machines can be conscious — tap to centre the map on it Machines can be conscious Last stated 2 days ago 3 Oct 2026 SP Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are RN Ramez Naam — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others — tap to centre the map on it A mystical state defies expression,so its quality must be experienceddirectly and cannot be passed on toothers WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity. — tap to centre the map on it A person is best understood as aloose jumble of barely intelligent,looping processes producing only theillusion of coherent subjectivity. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of coherent consciousnessarises from experience beingcompressed into a single threadrather than from the brain's fullunderlying activity. Last stated 8 months ago 4 Feb 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. — tap to centre the map on it A startup should not begin life as anonprofit and bolt a for-profit armon later, whatever OpenAI's ownhistory suggests. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers. — tap to centre the map on it Advertising was a necessary phasefor the internet but a momentaryindustry, and an AI people pay foris better because they know theanswers are not influenced byadvertisers. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agents are going to be incorporated into mainstream interfaces — tap to centre the map on it Agents are going to be incorporatedinto mainstream interfaces Last stated 6 months ago 25 Mar 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
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At the centre It is far from clear that LLMs are conscious, because their architecture is very different from animal brains Last stated 3 Oct 2026 · 2 days ago Holds Ramez Naam Read this korrent →