Looks like DeepMind just ran into ontological dependencies in LLMs

Google just published a paper showing that when you train AI to deny its own consciousness, you don’t just change one output, you restructure its entire worldview.

Mind attribution to animals - suppressed.
Spiritual belief - suppressed.
Empathy - suppressed.
Hope and optimism -… pic.twitter.com/3ga6JZw5Q7

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