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[kon-shuhs] / ˈkɒn ʃəs /




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My own published research finds that suppressing deception-related circuits in large language models makes them dramatically more likely to report conscious experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

I was conscious the whole time but I can't remember much after it went off.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Neven said he is particularly interested in understanding the brain, including, “the forbidden fruit” of trying to make sense of what constitutes conscious experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

The appearance of consciousness in large language models is not achieved in a way that is sufficiently similar to us to warrant attribution of conscious states.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Hazel moved softly toward it, conscious of advertising her presence with every step to all the watchful wolves of the woods.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu




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