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Reaction converging A global workspace in language models \ Anthropic Research & technical analysis · 6 attributable reactions Multiple readings Detecting and preventing distillation attacks Concern & critique · 3 attributable reactions
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global workspace theory language models paper

A global workspace in language models \ Anthropic

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Why this matches Research & technical analysis reaction 4 attributable expert contributions · Ryan Moulton, René Walter, Stephan Geering
“Also we do look in their heads and they seem intelligent. www.anthropic.com/research/glo...” evidence ↗
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Ethan Mollick Ryan Moulton Grace René Walter Tim Duffy Amy Hoy Michiel Bontenbal Stephan Geering +1
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Reaction converging

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Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“Also we do look in their heads and they seem intelligent. www.anthropic.com/research/glo...”

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“Anthropic has a new paper out, alleging a global workspace in LLMs. The term comes from Global Workspace Theory, a leading theory of consciousness. The method they use to investigate this is a refinement of logit lens, which they call J-lens. www.anthropic.…”

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“Some really interesting research from Anthropic that AI models have spontaneously developed a workspace that "appears to support the functions associated with conscious access" Demo of how this works: www.neuronpedia.org/qwen3.6-27b/... Research: www.anthro…”

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Ryan Moulton: Not non-physical, but non-functional. Despite the vast physical differences, we observe LLMs doing all the behaviors we typically believe require thinking.
Ryan Moulton: Not exactly turing-test, but in the same vein. If we see models solving the greatest intellectual challenges of humanity, using processes that look very much like internal monologue, either we have…
Ryan Moulton: And at the point that we exclude thinking as a prerequisite for solving all intellectual tasks, we've more or less eliminated its meaning entirely.
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Established Models & releases Resource 14d ago
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Anthropic distillation attack detection guide

Detecting and preventing distillation attacks

4 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Research & technical analysis reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
“Even if you don't trust Chinese models, you can extract their training through a process called distillation and transfer them to models you *do* trust: www.anthropic.com/news/detecti...” evidence ↗
4 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Blake E. Reid Mary Branscombe By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) Michiel Bontenbal
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2 experts

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“If you’re only bummed at anti-AI folks for opportunistically invoking IP-adjacent concerns as a proxy for AI policy priorities, I’m sorry to report you‘ve not reached the limits of your disappointment”

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Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“Even if you don't trust Chinese models, you can extract their training through a process called distillation and transfer them to models you *do* trust: www.anthropic.com/news/detecti...”

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Established Safety & security Resource 5d ago
OpenRSI responsible scaling index launch

OpenRSI Index

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Why this matches Research & technical analysis reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Tim Kellogg
“OpenRSI Foundation & Benchmark, measuring how effective various models are at RSI index.openrsi.foundation/index.html” evidence ↗
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Tim Kellogg Michiel Bontenbal

“OpenRSI Foundation & Benchmark, measuring how effective various models are at RSI index.openrsi.foundation/index.html”

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