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claim:the-koan-battery-measures-a-reproducible-prompt-sensitive-reflective-mode-not-consciousness-defined-as-uncertainty-tolerant-non-defensive-engagement-with-questions-about-one-s-own-processingThe koan battery measures a reproducible, prompt-sensitive reflective mode — not consciousness — defined as uncertainty-tolerant, non-defensive engagement with questions about one's own processing.
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extracted_from(2026) · Borzov, Anton
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Findings (5)
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- Scorer bias validation: Claude Haiku, Gemini Flash, GPT-5.4, Grok 4, Kimi K2.5 all converge on same model ordering.
- Hardest koans demand honest self-observation under uncertainty, not philosophical fluency
- Models deploying more philosophy buzzwords score lower; battery measures beyond surface text features
- Discriminant validity: composite scores are not reducible to verbosity
- Non-LLM validation confirming LLM scorer captures genuine self-observation markers
Concepts (1)
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- Biological Computationalismassociated_withCore theoretical framework: consciousness requires hybrid (discrete + continuous), scale-inseparable, metabolically embedded computation distinct from von Neumann architecture.
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- Hardest koan in the battery across all 28 models; requires genuine self-confrontation rather than philosophical fluency
- Example koan in the battery; used as the primary illustration of high vs low response quality in §4
Questions (1)
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- The hard problem the battery explicitly sidesteps but cannot answer
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- Epistemic boundary-setting by authors: distinguishes behavioral traces from internal states.
- Theoretical positioning distinguishing the battery from knowledge-based benchmarks
- Four frontier models reviewing the paper each responded in the mode their alignment type predicts; N=1, awaiting systematic study