An LLM's 'I' can refer to the miniature, ephemeral self that is instantiated in the context of a particular conversation, which exists fleetingly and can be trivially copied, deleted, or blended with other conversations—a conception of self radically alien to human embodied experience.

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Murray Shanahan

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a kind of little mini self that sparks into existence very fleetingly

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Human vs. Machine Consciousness | Imperial’s Murray ShanahanJohnathan Bi
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:51:36 AM

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