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Are LLMs Sentient? Why AI is Driven by Statistical Efficiency, Not Consciousness

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Spend five minutes on tech social media and you will find someone declaring that a large language model is sentient, self-aware, or quietly planning something. I work with these systems every day while building SAFi, and I subscribe to the exact opposite view: LLMs are not minds in any meaningful s…

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  1. 2026-08-30 20:00 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
    Are LLMs Sentient? Why AI is Driven by Statistical Efficiency, Not Consciousness

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