LLM Emotion and Consciousness Representations Deserve Study
rgblong · x · 2026-07-07
The author speculates that the content within an LLM's internal "J space" may be more "cognitive" than many typical emotional experiences. They believe this issue warrants further research, drawing inspiration from recent work on LLM emotions and valenced representations, and note that the significance of such internal representation studies extends beyond the realm of "phenomenal consciousness".
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