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If possible mind-space is vast, we should assume the same applies to consciousness-space

L5 · ResearcherResearchLessWrong AI· 10/11/2026

Examines fundamental questions about mind design and consciousness that are central to AI safety research.

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Article explores the vast design space of consciousness and AI minds, drawing parallels between Eliezer Yudkowsky's classic post and current AI capabilities.

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It's been almost twenty years since the classic EY post The Design Space of Minds-In-General came out, reminding the humble rationalist reader to never assume that future alien minds have to be copies of the familiar human one, or even necessarily bear any passing resemblance. With this season's AI-du-jour performance I feel like this point has been vindicated extremely well, as we now have an AI that's at the same time... Capable of solving a Millennium Prize Problem Incapable of satisfactoril

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