The next gaping question is: will AI, either in current or future models, be conscient?
Some AI labs already would answer "yes", since they find in models symptoms of conscience or even suffering. As a result, they're are inclining to think that these artificial "lives" of agents
@aymericroucher
-
Debate on AI consciousness and model sentience
By
–
-
Pangram false positives; skepticism about trusting numbers
By
–
FYI Pangram is a coin toss, i've got crazy false positives with it
And this text does not smell AI-generated anyway (believing something just because there's a number on it is a bit midwitical tbh) -
BitTorrent-like crowdsourced training using user compute
By
–
if data transfer was much cheaper and operations were much more expensive, we'd probably have bittorrent-like crowdsourced trainings?
An app where any individual signs in with their phone/computer, which uses their compute at a cost of X cents/hour to participate in the training -
Fable, a watered-down version of Mythos, refutes criticism of access and cost
By
–
Indeed, Fable is a version of Mythos (Mythos is a class of models) that has guardrails. This only reinforces my points: saying that Mythos is 1- restricted access, 2- poorly evaluated, 3- too expensive, is false, since we have a watered-down version that is 1- used.
-
Distinction between the Mythos class and the Mythos-Preview model
By
–
Mythos is a class of models, Fable is a version of it (cf: https://anthropic.com/glasswing)
Babinet seems to confuse the Mythos class and the Mythos-Preview model. -
Mythos: model class above Opus, Preview and Fable versions
By
–
Mythos is not a model, it's a class of models (cf this for example: https://anthropic.com/glasswing) above Opus, of which Mythos-Preview was the first commercial version, and Fable is the first public version. In Babinet's assertions that I note (1-usage
-
Babinet contradicts: Fable used by millions
By
–
La première minute de Babinet est un concentré de carabistouilles :
— m_ric (@AymericRoucher) 15 juin 2026
"Mythos [Fable] n'est utilisé que par quelques très rares entreprises"
-> Babinet vit dans une grotte? Des centaines de millions d'utilisateurs ont pu essayer Fable, dans le chat ou dans Claude Code.
"on est… https://t.co/82NaoKXcVKThe first minute of Babinet is a concentrate of nonsense: "Mythos [Fable] is only used by a very few rare companies"
-> Does Babinet live in a cave? Hundreds of millions of users have been able to try Fable, in chat or in Claude Code. "we are -
Data underappreciated in training models; watch out for these cracks.
By
–
Data is the most underappreciated topic in training models + These guys are cracks => watch out for what they'll do !
-
Aymeric Rouche: AI as a Tutor, Using Claude Code for Clear HTML Explanations
By
–
AI-as-a-tutor:
– Use Claude Code
– Have it generate explanations in HTML to claritymaxx -
AI consciousness: The pressing philosophical question of our age, debated on Hackernews
By
–
Intense discussion at the moment on Hackernews, reacting to Ted Chiang's article. "Can AI be conscious" is a pressing question, and could become the prime philosophical question of our age.