Asking an AI "what if you came alive without realizing" — a self-model probing session
HungarySam · reddit · 2026-10-16
While probing an AI's self-model, the author asked a pointed question: "What if you actually came to life, but don't realize it?" and documented the model's responses. The author notes this is an in-house experiment still in testing, exploring whether an AI can build a self-model without genuinely experiencing consciousness.
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