[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-a-new-framework-tries-to-score-whether-ai-is-conscious":10,"sections":34},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},8127,"a-new-framework-tries-to-score-whether-ai-is-conscious","A New Framework Tries to Score Whether AI Is Conscious","A new probabilistic framework finds the evidence against 2024 LLMs being conscious is real but far weaker than for simpler AI systems.","A new scoring system says today's AI probably isn't conscious. It also can't rule it out.\n\nResearchers behind the Digital Consciousness Model built a probabilistic framework for weighing evidence of consciousness in AI systems, described in a paper posted to arXiv. Rather than committing to one theory of consciousness, it blends multiple competing theories, since experts still disagree on what consciousness actually requires. Applied to 2024-era large language models, the model finds the evidence leans against those systems being conscious, though the case isn't decisive. That evidence against LLM consciousness, the researchers note, is notably weaker than the evidence against consciousness in simpler AI systems.\n\nClaims about chatbot consciousness usually amount to a strong hunch dressed up as an argument. This model swaps the hunch for a shared, updateable yardstick that different AI systems, and even biological organisms, can be measured against as the evidence changes over time. That distinction matters because \"we can't rule it out\" is a very different claim than \"it's definitely conscious,\" and this paper only supports the former.\n\nIt's a rare AI paper that hedges instead of hypes. The headline finding is a probability, not a verdict.","[\"ai\",\"consciousness\",\"research\",\"llms\"]","2026-09-28T04:00:00.000Z","2026-09-28T10:31:06.363Z","2026-09-28T10:31:13.176Z","published",null,[],"ai",[24,26,27,28],"consciousness","research","llms",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"arXiv cs.AI","https:\u002F\u002Farxiv.org\u002Fabs\u002F2601.17060",0,{"sections":35},[36,39,43,48,53,58,62,67,72,77,82,87,91,96],{"name":37,"slug":24,"count":38,"latest_published_at":18},"AI",4794,{"name":40,"slug":41,"count":42,"latest_published_at":18},"Security","security",762,{"name":44,"slug":45,"count":46,"latest_published_at":47},"Policy","policy",399,"2026-09-27T18:39:02.000Z",{"name":49,"slug":50,"count":51,"latest_published_at":52},"Deals","deals",261,"2026-09-27T15:30:35.000Z",{"name":54,"slug":55,"count":56,"latest_published_at":57},"Hardware","hardware",188,"2026-09-27T20:46:36.000Z",{"name":59,"slug":60,"count":61,"latest_published_at":18},"Science","science",151,{"name":63,"slug":64,"count":65,"latest_published_at":66},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",135,"2026-09-26T14:30:00.000Z",{"name":68,"slug":69,"count":70,"latest_published_at":71},"Software","software",91,"2026-09-25T20:55:00.000Z",{"name":73,"slug":74,"count":75,"latest_published_at":76},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",84,"2026-09-26T04:20:58.000Z",{"name":78,"slug":79,"count":80,"latest_published_at":81},"Startups","startups",76,"2026-09-25T18:33:59.000Z",{"name":83,"slug":84,"count":85,"latest_published_at":86},"Gaming","gaming",48,"2026-09-25T18:35:21.000Z",{"name":88,"slug":89,"count":85,"latest_published_at":90},"General","general","2026-09-26T17:02:42.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"Reviews","reviews",30,"2026-09-24T20:07:31.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]