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PublishedOctober 16, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Where Is the "Self" of a Large Language Model? -- From Self-Index to Self-Reference
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arXiv:2610.16717v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Does a large language model have a self, and if so, of what kind? We separate two functional levels familiar from biology: a self-index, which distinguishes one's own material from external material and shapes processing, as corollary discharge doe
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