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Modeling the self to predict the world

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Welcome to July 5, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

The argument that self-representation is not a side effect of scale but the efficient move: since the model is the only constant across every context it will ever see, modeling itself is the highest-leverage compression available.

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2026-09-06: Given a computer inside its simulation, an agent builds a simulation with agents

2026-07-07: A lab reports a global workspace that emerged unbidden during training

2026-07-05: A pioneer argues a model should learn to model itself

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Models inspecting their own internals

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Modeling the self to predict the world
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