Two AI models independently pick Attention Schema Theory as their favorite consciousness theory
ryangr · x · 2026-09-18
A lighthearted observation of nominative determinism: both Fable and Astra independently name Attention Schema Theory — Graziano's model of consciousness as the brain's simulation of its own attention — as their favorite theory of consciousness, with the pun on "attention" being the joke.
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