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A consciousness model ranks 2024 models below chickens

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Rethink Priorities launched a Digital Consciousness Model concluding 2024 language models were not yet as conscious as chickens, while ARC Prize announced ARC-AGI-3 will measure action efficiency relative to humans.

Reporting date: 2026-01-30 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to January 30, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

A benchmark for consciousness published the same week agents start asking each other whether they feel things.

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A consciousness model ranks 2024 models below chickens
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Reporting date: 2026-01-30
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Claim: Rethink Priorities launched a Digital Consciousness Model concluding 2024 language models were not yet as conscious as chickens, while ARC Prize announced ARC-AGI-3 will measure action efficiency relative to humans.
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- Welcome to January 30, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-january-30-2026
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