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Reaction converging Verbalizable Representations Form a Global Workspace in Language Models Opportunity & adoption · 5 attributable reactions Multiple readings America.gov Policy & governance · 4 attributable reactions
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New Models & releases Research 14h ago
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global workspace theory language models paper

Verbalizable Representations Form a Global Workspace in Language Models

6 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Building & implementation reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Tim Kellogg
“Anthropic uses the word “conscious” 206 times in their latest research Specifically, they’re showing that LLMs implement one of the leading explanations of consciousness in humans (see pic) transformer-circuits.pub/2026/workspa...” evidence ↗
6 experts 4 communities 1 sources clustered
Mark Riedl Tim Kellogg Matthew Kirschenbaum Edouard Machery Nafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦 david-p-reichert.bsky.social
How the network is reacting 4 experts are independently emphasizing opportunity & adoption.
Reaction converging

Opportunity & adoption

4 experts

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“here is the Anthropic blog: transformer-circuits.pub/2026/workspa... I don't really like the framing of whether LLMs are conscious or not. It's completely unnecessary. As is the hand-waiving about whether LLMs have something equivalent to the (functional) g…”

Building & implementation

1 expert

How teams are shipping and applying it.

“Anthropic uses the word “conscious” 206 times in their latest research Specifically, they’re showing that LLMs implement one of the leading explanations of consciousness in humans (see pic) transformer-circuits.pub/2026/workspa...”

7 experts discussed this · 203 posts
Anil Dash: this is not an accurate description of what's happening. not least because I can write code and get them to output something different there. I can understand why it *seems* that way, but this is j…
Anil Dash: Who are you explaining this to?
Anil Dash: Do you see why explaining "All output from AI has to be validated" in a reply to me here is... not a useful contribution?
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Established AI field signal Resource 4d ago
⚡ 215 h early
America.gov US government resource

America.gov

25 experts across 5 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Building & implementation reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · FedScoop
“The chatbot comes as an expansion of the Office of Personnel Management’s work to modernize access to public federal workforce data. Integration with America.gov is planned. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SUx... Read more by @madialder.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/o…” evidence ↗
25 experts 5 communities 1 sources clustered
Mark Riedl CSET Georgetown Lightspeed Chris Brockett Marielza Sasha Costanza-Chock Karl Bode lastpositivist.bsky.social +17
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 3 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Policy & governance

2 experts

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“America.gov does not do pronouns. Any pronouns. (Courtesy of my daughter!) aifails.substack.com/p/pronouns”

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“Jessica Ji weighed in on the new #AI-powered https://t.co/sEHIhq7mvb website for @USATODAY, saying that it can be a useful resource for people trying to navigate U.S. government websites. She also notes its risks: “When this kind of AI system is empowered t…”

Building & implementation

1 expert

How teams are shipping and applying it.

“The chatbot comes as an expansion of the Office of Personnel Management’s work to modernize access to public federal workforce data. Integration with America.gov is planned. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SUx... Read more by @madialder.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/o…”

2 experts discussed this · 3 posts
Julian Sanchez: Ok wow. This is both extensive and deeply surreal. Tell America.gov to Play Minecraft.
Julian Sanchez: Amusingly, the chatbot appears to be unable to recognize that it said anything weird. It “thinks” it just responded that it can’t play minecraft.
Justin Hendrix: Weird
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3 experts · 3 posts · 1d ago
Mark Riedl David Picard David Marx
Matches Building & implementation
“Reporter: OpenAI reports they are working to hard to insure the interests of minorities are accounted for in their model development... just a moment... *holds finger to ear* Billionaires. The "min…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Building & implementation · 1 Questions & unknowns · 1
Mark Riedl: Reporter: OpenAI is a true champion of equity and democratization, with new results on low-resource languages… hold on, I’m getting an update… *holds finger to ear* COBOL. They mean COBOL.
David Picard: They're listening to their highest paying tier consumers who are mostly... *checks notes*... boomers??
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