David P. Reichert

david-p-reichert.bsky.social

10 December 2025 12:26

New preprint: Does Integrated Information Theory (IIT) make experimental predictions about consciousness? Paper: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/gauqm_v1 Blog post for summary: davidpreichert.substack.com/p/iit-experimental-predictions 1/3

David P. Reichert

david-p-reichert.bsky.social

10 December 2025 12:26

Our approach is to grant all of IIT’s theoretical premises, but then probe whether the experimental predictions follow. We hope this makes for a relatively clear argument that fairly engages with the theory. If we missed anything major, feel free to let us know! 3/3

David P. Reichert

david-p-reichert.bsky.social

10 December 2025 12:26

There’s been plenty of debate around IIT, but recently the question of experimental tests has come to the forefront. In the paper, we argue that IIT’s hypotheses about consciousness don’t appear to connect to what ongoing experiments are testing. 2/3

Landguy

landguyminor.bsky.social

07 December 2025 21:33

Blanketing clouds in the sky. #blueskyartshow #sky #clouds #photography #mountains #cloudy #eastcoastkin #artyear

Each of these capabilities exceeds human performance, and that is exactly the point. People are not good at these tasks, and this is why we need computational help. We should be evaluating AI systems for these kinds of capabilities rather than given them IQ tests. Building AGI is a distraction end/