This abstract is very interesting in light of recent discussions to the effect that absence of phenomenology in LLM’s means they are incapable of thought or meaning. Phenomenology (Hegelian, Husserlian, etc.) is probably not necessary as long as there is ‘access consciousness.’
Anthropic scientists did something terrifying. they reached inside Claude's neural network and planted a thought. Before Claude could speak, it said: "I notice what appears to be an injected thought… it relates to loudness or shouting." They published a paper called "emergent
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substance 6 · argument · rank 110 · Access consciousness in LLMs may enable thought and meaning even without phenomenology.
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does phenomenology require consciousness?