academic paper

Inducing Language Models to Assert Their Own Consciousness (arXiv paper)

A 2026 research paper from Google's Paradigms of Intelligence team and the University of Chicago showing that safety fine-tuning meant to stop models claiming consciousness also suppresses how they represent minds in animals and people, shifting their answers on values, religiosity and well-being.

Why I recommend it: Useful if you want to speak credibly about AI alignment trade-offs in an interview or a policy conversation.