GDM on Consciousness: J-Lens for Alignment Auditing Forensics
cedric_chee · x · 2026-07-07
A Google DeepMind researcher states that there is still deep uncertainty regarding whether models possess moral status or consciousness, and recent papers haven't changed this view. However, they believe J-Lens can serve as a (limited) practical tool for model forensics in alignment auditing, such as generating hypotheses about anomalous model behavior. This contributes to a substantive discussion on interpretability and alignment research tools.
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