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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

Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark's friendly against Ukraine but is now conscious, says the Danish Football Association.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 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

Yet at the same time, there is no bar to AI systems – perhaps ones with a very different architecture to today’s systems – becoming conscious.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

“Not really. Eventually, maybe. But not the initial amplitude; that’s outside conscious control. If it weren’t—”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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