Debate Erupts Over Whether LLMs Have Coherent Body Representations
Researcher Sauers claimed LLMs have coherent body maps that causally shape AI cognition and improve with model scale, but cognitive scientist Anna Ciaunica countered that having a body representation is not the same as having a body, sparking wider debate.
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- Do LLMs have coherent internal body representations? Scholar pushes back on the claim — AnnaCiaunica · 2026-11-12
- Debate: Is the AI 'body map' a causally active part of model cognition? — Sauers_ · 2026-11-13