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The consciousness program is not guaranteed to converge in the same way as representations in language models and might instead be divergent.

Tim Scarfe · Why Leibniz Couldn't Find the Mind Inside the Mill (Joscha Bach) · 2 Nov 2026

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“I mean, assuming you're right about the convergent representations in, in language models, I guess it's not a foregone conclusion that the consciousness program would be convergent in the same way.”
“It might be divergent. And how far down the stack does consciousness go?”
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