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LLMs as Interactive Fiction, Not Conscious Entities
May 29, 2026
LLM personas like ChatGPT and Claude are fictional constructs layered over neural networks, not the networks themselves. Consciousness or feelings claims come from trained persona behavior, not underlying architecture. The distinction matters for how practitioners frame user expectations and safety guardrails.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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policyWorth watching because conflating persona behavior with model capability complicates alignment and disclosure frameworks.