https://blog.notmet.net/tags/consciousness/ Recent content in Consciousness on Karl's Blog Hugo en-us kc0bfv@notmet.net (Karl Sickendick) kc0bfv@notmet.net (Karl Sickendick) Wed, 20 May 2026 16:00:00 -0400 https://blog.notmet.net/2026/05/qualia-all-the-way-down/ Wed, 20 May 2026 16:00:00 -0400kc0bfv@notmet.net (Karl Sickendick) https://blog.notmet.net/2026/05/qualia-all-the-way-down/ <p>I find myself regularly asking myself, &ldquo;are LLMs conscious?&rdquo; I have concluded that this question is unanswerable. To think about it, consciousness must first be defined, and then it must be possible to relate it between different entities. If that is impossible then some method of extrapolating must be found.</p> <h1 id="defining-consciousness">Defining Consciousness</h1> <p>Consciousness is not well-defined. There are definitions, of course, but none lend themselves to determining whether something is or is not conscious.</p>