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Can estimates of Φ, the primary metric of IIT, robustly differentiate responses across distinct ToM performance levels?

Criterion 1 operationalization: requires >80% 'good' cases (higher score → higher Φ) per ToM task.

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Can "consciousness" be observed from large language model (LLM) internal states? Dissecting LLM representations obtained from Theory of Mind test with Integrated Information Theory and Span Representation analysis

(2025) · Li, Jingkai

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Sequences of contemporary Transformer-based LLM representations lack statistically significant indicators of observed 'consciousness' phenomena under the three stringent criteria.
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Primary conclusion of the study based on temporal permutation analysis failing all three criteria.

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Do distinctions in Φ estimates remain robust across diverse ToM stimuli in repeated large-scale trials?question0.834
Criterion 2 operationalization: requires p<0.05 in Wilcoxon tests across score categories.
Can IIT estimates provide a stronger basis for interpreting variations in ToM performance than Span Representation, independent of any consciousness estimate?question0.811
Criterion 3 operationalization: requires IIT mean AUC to exceed Span Representation mean AUC.
Criterion 3: IIT estimates must achieve higher mean AUC than Span Representation for ToM score classification.concept0.794
Third of three operational criteria; distinguishes consciousness from inherent LLM representational separations.
Criterion 2: Statistically significant Φ value differences (p<0.05) across ToM score categories via Wilcoxon test.concept0.775
Second of three operational criteria; requires distributional significance in IIT estimates across performance levels.
Criterion 1: Φ estimates must yield >80% 'good' cases (higher score → higher Φ) per ToM task to indicate potential consciousness.concept0.772
First of three operational criteria for identifying consciousness phenomena in LLM representations.
The absolute or isolated value of any IIT estimate lacks intrinsic meaning; IIT estimates are only interpretable when compared across varying levels or contents of consciousness under consistent contextual conditions.claim0.768
Methodological constraint adopted from IIT literature to justify the comparative experimental design.
Variations in ToM test score categories are more likely attributed to span-level information of the LLM representation sequence rather than to a 'consciousness' phenomenon as suggested by IIT estimates.claim0.766
Main interpretive finding from Criterion 3 comparison showing Span Representation consistently outperforms IIT under temporal permutation.
If 'consciousness' phenomenon can be observed from ToM-related RN, higher ToM test scores should yield higher values of μΦmax (IIT 3.0) and/or μΦ (IIT 4.0).hypothesis0.761
Specific prediction linking IIT's prediction of high Φ for good performance to the experimental design's scoring structure.