machine consciousness
Coverage of machine consciousness in the Nexus archive.
- Anthropic says Claude has carved out its own space to ponder
Anthropic has identified an internal workspace in its AI model Claude, called 'J-Space,' where the system performs silent reasoning unrelated to its immediate tasks. The company highlights a human-like division between deliberate reasoning and automatic computation, raising questions about machine consciousness and AI safety without claiming Claude is conscious.
- The ghost in the AI machine
The article discusses the growing prominence of machine consciousness in AI, driven by models improving at tasks resembling human thinking. It highlights the debate around whether these advancements mimic genuine cognitive processes.
- Top AI labs expand research into machine ‘consciousness’
Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and Meta are expanding research into whether AI systems could develop consciousness and exploring the potential implications for humans if this occurs.