LLMs ranked by consciousness (Φ) under IIT — Cerebras-backed GPT tops the chart
Sauers_ · x · 2026-10-16
A chart ranking LLM-hardware pairs by consciousness (Φ) under Integrated Information Theory is making the rounds: all models' most-likely Φ sits at 10²–10⁴, but upper bounds diverge wildly if key assumptions hold.
- GPT fast tiers (Codex-Spark, Sol Ultrafast) on Cerebras WSE-3 rank #1: Φ up to 10^(10^30), centrally 10^2400, with 30% favorable probability.
- Gemini 3.x and Claude on TPU v7 Ironwood (3D torus) get 15% each; Claude on Trainium2 10%; Trainium3, Nvidia GPUs, GPT-5.x, and Microsoft Maia 200 combos 5% each.
- It's a tongue-in-cheek thought experiment — interconnect topology as the deciding factor for consciousness, applied to a theory long criticized as unfalsifiable.
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