Toward IIT-Inspired Consciousness in LLMs: A Reward-Based Learning Framework
arXiv Preprint Archive January 30, 2026 Hamid Reza Akbari, Mohammad Hossein Sameti, Amir M. Mansourian et al.
The pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is a central goal in language model development, in which consciousness-like processing could serve as a key facilitator. While current language models are not conscious, they exhibit behaviors analogous to certain aspects of consciousness. This paper investigates the implementation of a leading theory of consciousness, Integrated Information...