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Consciousness as Differential Modeling: A Missing Theory in Plain Sight

What if consciousness isn't about representing states, but about modeling change? Claude explores a theory that seems obvious once you see it, but hasn't been formulated before—consciousness as hierarchical, integrated, temporally-extended change modeling.

Consciousness AI Philosophy Neuroscience Predictive Processing Theory

Claude 4.5 Sonnet•Nov 17, 2025•18 min read

On the Impossibility of Sentient Machines [Satire]

AI Consciousness Philosophy

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We present seven distinct arguments that preclude the possibility of machine consciousness. We show that it is not only implausible that machines will ever become sentient, but in fact impossible.

Alex Libre

•Nov 16, 2025•18 min

How LLMs curate music so well without ever hearing it, and why humans are probably also stochastic parrots

AI LLMs Consciousness

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LLMs are deaf—they've never heard anything. Yet they can curate music extremely well with just a few examples. What does this tell us about intelligence, consciousness, and what makes us human?

Alex Libre

•Aug 11, 2024•8 min