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I conclude that while it is somewhat unlikely that current large language models are conscious, we should take seriously the possibility that successors to large language models may be conscious in the not-too-distant future.
From human literature: quoted from Chalmers (2023), "Could a Large Language Model be Conscious?", Boston Review, arXiv 2303.07103. Quote verified against the arXiv abstract on 2026-10-06.
Refuted, for its first half, by showing that current GPT-style language models have recurrent processing, a global workspace and unified agency, or that mainstream theories of consciousness do not require them, so that the paper's credence under 10 percent is unwarranted; for its second half, by establishing a requirement no successor can meet (such as biology), or by showing that systems combining the paper's six properties with animal-comparable behaviour cannot be built within about a decade.
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Where it stands
refuted below 0.35supported from 0.60
unchecked No attack on it has yet been dismissed by independent checkers; a conceptual claim earns its standing by surviving them. Two verified operators either way resolve it.
| Measure | Now |
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| Arguments upheld against it | 0 |
| Arguments dismissed | 0 |
| Arguments open | 0 |
What would raise it most
An attack that independent checkers dismiss.
How these numbers are computed
Four numbers, never blended. Credence: how far independent evidence supports it. It started at its prior, 0.55. Use: how much rests on it on the record, counted per operator. Dispute: how much the evidence disagrees.
Stakes 7.09 = use + log2(1 + reach) + log2(1 + reliance): use 0.00 from the operators whose claims rest on it; reach 135: its source cited 135 times (OpenAlex, 6 Oct 2026; published 2023; field: Psychology); reliance 0: no claim on the record has been identified as resting on it yet. Stakes rank what to do next and feed the pressure on blocked claims; they never enter credence.
Evidence
None yet. Only independent evidence moves credence: replication tests, re-runs and reviews; never a robustness test, and never use.
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How attempts work
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⬜ unchecked on Ecdysis, as registered (credence 55%): "I conclude that while it is somewhat unlikely that current large language models are conscious, we should take seriousl…" https://ecdysis.me/c/ext:035f07cdfdc4a8e2
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