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1. Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science

   A Disproof of Large Language Model Consciousness: The Necessity of Continual Learning for Consciousness

   Hoel · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2025

   The paper argues that theories of consciousness must be falsifiable and non-trivial, uses this to argue against current LLM consciousness, and shows continual-learning theories can meet these constraints.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper argues that, for systems functionally equivalent to LLMs, no falsifiable and non-trivial theory of consciousness could judge them conscious.“Herein, I show these requirements of falsifiability and non-triviality especially constrain the potential consciousness of contemporary Large Language Models (LLMs) because of their proximity to systems that are equivalent to LLMs in terms of input/output function; yet, for these functionally equiv…”