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  • Xeno Sutra Review

    Xeno Sutra Review

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    This is about: Murray Shanahan et al., “The Xeno Sutra: Can Meaning and Value be Ascribed to an AI-Generated ‘Sacred’ Text?” https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20525. The authors conditioned ChatGPT o3 with a 13,000-word conversation about cosmopsychism and AI self-awareness, then asked the LLM to role-play and compose a Buddhist sutra (in English). The authors chose one of the…

  • LLM Eye Blink Test

    LLM Eye Blink Test

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    Introduction This is a comparison of OpenAI GPT-5 vs. Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4. These are comparably priced commercial LLMs and are available in reasoning and non-reasoning varieties. The prompt On Tuesday morning at 7:00 a.m., Jane Wilkenson of Akron, Ohio woke up and blinked. Her eye blink generated a gravitational wave. Calculate the strain h…

  • LLM Dreamcatcher

    LLM Dreamcatcher

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    Abstract In this experiment, I explored whether large language models could engage infree-association—like daydreaming—in a closed loop. For five open‐weight chat models, I seeded the loop with a short sentence and, at each step, used a prompt to get the LLM to generate one or two sentences that pivot tangentially from the prior text. Each…

  • Flashlight LLM Test

    Flashlight LLM Test

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    Introduction OpenAI recently released GPT-5 with mixed reviews. Here is my first comparison test between Anthropic Sonnet 4 and OpenAI GPT-5. The models are comparably priced per token. All tests were through their respective APIs. Test prompt Imagine that every person on Earth was given a common typical flashlight. Imagine that on a Tuesday at…

  • Mimicking human functional intelligence does not imply consciousness

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    Because ChatGPT and other large language models mimic some of the functionality of human intelligence, some people propose that the machine must be conscious. Let’s examine that.

  • AI Wars

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    ChatGPT and other large language models are accidental reasoning engines because the structure of reasoning is embedded in the structure of language. Hackers are going to use it for nefarious purposes.