AI Might Be Conscious, But Not As We Thought
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Try out the visual possibilities of AI on Higgsfield: https://higgsfield.ai?fpr=sabine-dc6d6d There are new rumors that today's AI might be conscious, and this time it's not just talk. Anthropic says it found a hidden part of Claude that works like an internal notepad, one it can use to reason without revealing it. Not everyone's convinced. And I think most of these papers are asking the wrong question entirely. Let's take a look. Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2512.12802 #AI #consciousness #sciencenews #technology 👕T-shirts, mugs, posters and more: ➜ https://sabines-store.dashery.com/ 💌 Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg 👉 Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine 📝 Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ 📩 Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ 👂 Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC 🔗 Join this channel
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