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Reaction converging A global workspace in language models \ Anthropic Research & technical analysis · 6 attributable reactions
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A global workspace in language models \ Anthropic

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Why this matches Markets & investment reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Tim Duffy
“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.…” 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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“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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7 experts · 19 posts · 3d ago
Naomi Saphra SE Gyges Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) Carlos Scheidegger Phillip Carter Tim Duffy Amy Hoy
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SE Gyges: AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult In Berkeley, California Intended to explain: 1) Eliezer Yudkowsky 2) Rationalism 3) Bay Area Effective Altruism 4) AI Safety 5) Ideologies and organizations concerned…
SE Gyges: substantively true
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