[2508.14802] Privileged Self-Access Matters for Introspection in AI

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[2508.14802] Privileged Self-Access Matters for Introspection in AI Skip to main content arXiv is now an independent nonprofit! Learn more × Search arXiv Press Enter to search · Advanced search --> Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence arXiv:2508.14802 (cs) [Submitted on 20 Aug 2025] Title: Privileged Self-Access Matters for Introspection in AI Authors: Siyuan Song , Harvey Lederman , Jennifer Hu , Kyle Mahowald View a PDF of the paper titled Privileged Self-Access Matters for Introspection in AI, by Siyuan Song and 3 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: Wheth

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