Artificial Self-Representation in Large Language Models
An Exploratory Comparative Study of Environment and Self
Abstract
Study 1 compares standardized environment and self-representations across eleven AI systems, establishing a baseline framework for examining embodiment, abstraction, relational orientation, self-environment differentiation, and recurring representational motifs without treating generated representations as evidence of consciousness.
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