https://matthiasgruber.com/blog/tags/global-workspace/ Recent content in Global Workspace on Matthias Gruber — Blog Hugo en Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://matthiasgruber.com/blog/same-loop-from-both-ends/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://matthiasgruber.com/blog/same-loop-from-both-ends/ <h2 id="the-field-is-splitting-and-it-thinks-thats-progress">The field is splitting, and it thinks that&rsquo;s progress</h2> <p>Consciousness science has a peculiar habit: the more it debates, the further apart it gets. A recent paper in <em>Trends in Cognitive Sciences</em> by Ellia and Tsuchiya gave the pattern a name — schismogenesis. Rival theories don&rsquo;t converge under pressure; they harden. Each adversarial collaboration, each round of &ldquo;our theory predicts X and yours doesn&rsquo;t,&rdquo; produces not a winner but two camps that now define themselves partly by their opposition to each other. Meanwhile <em>Nature</em> recently asked whether the field&rsquo;s sudden &ldquo;AI moment&rdquo; — everyone wanting to know whether the models can be conscious — will mature the science or simply drown it in hype.</p>