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#487 — Is AI Already Conscious? artwork
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#487 — Is AI Already Conscious?

Waking Up with Sam Harris by Waking Up with Sam Harris

Jul 31, 202601:25:35Religion & Spirituality

Sam Harris speaks with Cameron Berg about whether AI systems are or could become conscious. They discuss self-reports in LLMs, what models say when deception is switched off, the "bliss attractor" state, consciousness an...

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