590 Lecture 3

Vibe Scholarship

Qualities Coding Scholarship
Traditional Waterfall Individualized
Collaborative Agile Interdisciplinary
AI-assisted Vibe? Vibe?
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What is in a ‘Vibe’?

Topic 1: Opening an article

What do we do when we open an article? How do we read it?

Discuss - ERAM 590 - Google Docs

What can AI add?

“Summarize This”

“Analyze This”

“Analyze This” - Close Reading

Example (and an Interesting Paper on Prompting)

[2510.01171] Verbalized Sampling: How to Mitigate Mode Collapse and Unlock LLM Diversity

Let’s Review

Discuss - ERAM 590 - Google Docs

If there’s time

A complex humanities text: Spivak, G. C. (2023). Can the subaltern speak?. In Imperialism (pp. 171-219). Routledge. - users.uoa.gr

Side note: Arxiv, SocArxiv, EdArxiv

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Recap: What have we done?

Topic 2: Finding literature

How do we locate literature relevant to our topic?

Discuss - ERAM 590 - Google Docs

What can AI add?

Build a quick library

Aside: How do people manage citations?

Topic 3: Start a conceptual map

ChatGPT - Distant reading of articles

Aside: using text as interim format for images

AI Consciousness / Subjectivity Discussion: Example 1


%%-----------------------------------------------
%% Distant Reading Map: AI Consciousness Discourse (2024–2025)
%%-----------------------------------------------

graph TD
    %% Core Concept
    A["AI Consciousness Discourse<br/>(2024–2025)"]:::core

    %% Three macro-axes
    B1["Embodiment & Biological Grounding"]:::axis
    B2["Ethics & Moral Consideration"]:::axis
    B3["Posthuman / Reflexive Turn"]:::axis

    A --> B1
    A --> B2
    A --> B3

    %% Embodiment cluster
    B1 --> C1["Miller et al. 2025<br/><i>BioSystems</i><br/>‘Biological mechanisms contradict AI consciousness’"]:::bio
    B1 --> C2["Torres-Martínez 2025<br/><i>AI & Society</i><br/>‘Organic consciousness vs. posthumanism’"]:::bio

    %% Ethics cluster
    B2 --> D1["Butlin & Lappas 2025<br/><i>JAIR</i><br/>‘Principles for Responsible AI Consciousness Research’"]:::ethics
    B2 --> D2["Sebo & Long 2025<br/><i>AI and Ethics</i><br/>‘Moral consideration for AI systems by 2030’"]:::ethics
    B2 --> D3["Dung 2025<br/><i>Erkenntnis</i><br/>‘Tests of Animal Consciousness as Tests of Machine Consciousness’"]:::ethics

    %% Posthuman cluster
    B3 --> E1["D’Amato 2024<br/><i>AI & Society</i><br/>‘ChatGPT: towards AI subjectivity’"]:::posthuman
    B3 --> E2["Yan 2024<br/><i>Qualitative Inquiry</i><br/>‘Posthuman Creativity: Cyborg Subjectivity Through ChatGPT’"]:::posthuman
    B3 --> E3["Prabhu & Premraj 2024<br/><i>AI & Society</i><br/>‘Artificial Consciousness in AI: A Posthuman Fallacy’"]:::posthuman

    %% Bridging cluster — empirical/heuristic
    B1 --> F1["Evers et al. 2025<br/><i>Physics of Life Reviews</i><br/>‘Preliminaries to Artificial Consciousness’"]:::bridge
    B2 --> F2["Li et al. 2025<br/><i>arXiv</i><br/>‘AI Awareness’"]:::bridge

    %% Cross-links between axes
    C1 --- D1
    D2 --- E1
    E2 --- B1
    F1 --- F2

    %% Legends
    classDef core fill:#272b30,stroke:#fff,color:#fff,font-weight:bold;
    classDef axis fill:#444,stroke:#fff,color:#fff,font-style:italic;
    classDef bio fill:#7a4c32,stroke:#fff,color:#fff;
    classDef ethics fill:#31567a,stroke:#fff,color:#fff;
    classDef posthuman fill:#6a3d8a,stroke:#fff,color:#fff;
    classDef bridge fill:#557a31,stroke:#fff,color:#fff;

AI Consciousness / Subjectivity Discussion: Example 2 – Mood Board

%%----------------------------------------------------
%% Distant Reading Mood Map: Affective Landscape (2024–2025)
%%----------------------------------------------------

graph LR
    %% Core
    A["AI Consciousness Debate<br/>(2024–2025)"]:::core

    %% Radial branches
    A --> B1["Embodiment & Realist Caution<br/>🔬 grounded skepticism"]:::caution
    A --> B2["Ethical Anxiety & Responsibility<br/>⚖️ moral anticipation"]:::ethics
    A --> B3["Posthuman Curiosity & Aesthetic Wonder<br/>🌌 reflexive experimentation"]:::wonder

    %% Branch 1 — Caution (Embodiment)
    B1 --> C1["Miller et al. (BioSystems)<br/><i>‘Spaces between the notes’</i><br/>Mood: defensive realism / reverence for life"]:::bio
    B1 --> C2["Torres-Martínez (AI & Society)<br/><i>‘Dehumanizing the human…’</i><br/>Mood: embodied humanism, critique of reductivism"]:::bio

    %% Branch 2 — Ethics (Responsibility)
    B2 --> D1["Butlin & Lappas (JAIR)<br/>‘Responsible AI Consciousness Research’<br/>Mood: procedural vigilance"]:::ethics
    B2 --> D2["Sebo & Long (AI & Ethics)<br/>‘Moral Consideration for AI by 2030’<br/>Mood: earnest moral futurism"]:::ethics
    B2 --> D3["Dung (Erkenntnis)<br/>‘Animal Tests as Machine Tests’<br/>Mood: empirical pragmatism"]:::ethics
    B2 --> D4["Li et al. (arXiv)<br/>‘AI Awareness’<br/>Mood: techno-optimistic caution"]:::ethics

    %% Branch 3 — Wonder (Posthuman)
    B3 --> E1["D’Amato (AI & Society)<br/>‘ChatGPT: Towards AI Subjectivity’<br/>Mood: Foucauldian curiosity, power–knowledge play"]:::post
    B3 --> E2["Yan (Qualitative Inquiry)<br/>‘Posthuman Creativity’<br/>Mood: lyrical openness, cyborg empathy"]:::post
    B3 --> E3["Prabhu & Premraj (AI & Society)<br/>‘Posthuman Fallacy’<br/>Mood: cinematic cautionary awe"]:::post
    B3 --> F1["Evers et al. (Physics of Life Reviews)<br/>‘Preliminaries to Artificial Consciousness’<br/>Mood: analytical optimism"]:::bridge

    %% Cross-sensory connectors
    C1 --- D1
    D2 --- E1
    E2 --- C2
    F1 --- D4

    %% Legend Styles
    classDef core fill:#272b30,stroke:#fff,color:#fff,font-weight:bold;
    classDef caution fill:#7a4c32,stroke:#fff,color:#fff;
    classDef ethics fill:#31567a,stroke:#fff,color:#fff;
    classDef post fill:#6a3d8a,stroke:#fff,color:#fff;
    classDef bridge fill:#557a31,stroke:#fff,color:#fff;

AI Consciousness / Subjectivity Discussion: Example 3 – Timeline

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%% Timeline: Evolution of AI Consciousness Discourse (2023–2025)
%%----------------------------------------------------

timeline
    title Evolution of the "AI Consciousness" Discourse — 2023 → 2025

    section 2023 — Seeds of Speculation 🌱
        Early Cultural Anxiety
        • Media fascination with AI consciousness
        • LaMDA “sentience” claims
        Mood: Uncertain
        Color: gray

        Dung (2023)
        Animal consciousness tests adapted to AI
        Mood: Cautious empiricism
        Color: blue

    section 2024 — Philosophical Polarization ⚡️
        Miller et al. (BioSystems, Dec 2024)
        "Biological mechanisms contradict AI consciousness"
        Mood: Defensive realism
        Color: brown

        D’Amato (AI & Society, Apr 2024)
        "ChatGPT: Toward AI Subjectivity"
        Mood: Foucauldian reflection / reflexive ethics
        Color: violet

        Yan (Qualitative Inquiry, 2024)
        "Posthuman Creativity"
        Mood: Poetic experimentation / cyborg empathy
        Color: violet

        Prabhu & Premraj (AI & Society, 2024)
        "Artificial Consciousness in AI: A Posthuman Fallacy"
        Mood: Cinematic critique of techno-myth
        Color: violet

    section 2025 — Systematization & Ethical Turn ⚖️
        Evers et al. (Physics of Life Reviews, Jan 2025)
        "Preliminaries to Artificial Consciousness"
        Mood: Conceptual synthesis / pragmatic optimism
        Color: green

        Li et al. (arXiv, Apr 2025)
        "AI Awareness"
        Mood: Empirical frameworks & safety concerns
        Color: blue

        Butlin & Lappas (JAIR, Mar 2025)
        "Responsible AI Consciousness Research"
        Mood: Governance & policy ethics
        Color: blue

        Sebo & Long (AI & Ethics, 2025)
        "Moral Consideration for AI by 2030"
        Mood: Moral anticipation / urgency
        Color: blue

        Torres-Martínez (AI & Society, Jan 2025)
        "Dehumanizing the Human, Humanizing the Machine"
        Mood: Extended humanism / embodied critique
        Color: brown

    section 2025+ — Emerging Synthesis 🔮
        Integrative Realism + Ethics + Aesthetics
        From “Can AI be conscious?” → “What does it mean to be conscious with AI?”
        Mood: Dialogical, post-disciplinary synthesis
        Color: purple

AI Consciousness / Subjectivity Discussion: Example 4 – Timeline & Concept Map


%%----------------------------------------------------------
%% Spatial Map v2 — Evolution of the "AI Consciousness" Discourse (2023–2025+)
%% with Mood / Concept Terrain
%%----------------------------------------------------------

graph LR

%% ==== TIME CLUSTERS ====

subgraph Y2023["2023 — Seeds of Speculation 🌱"]
    A1["Early Cultural Anxiety\n(Media fascination, LaMDA 'sentience')"]:::uncertain
    A2["Dung (2023)\nAnimal consciousness tests → AI"]:::empirical
end

subgraph Y2024["2024 — Philosophical Polarization ⚡️"]
    B1["Miller et al. (BioSystems)\nBiological mechanisms contradict AI consciousness"]:::realism
    B2["D’Amato (AI & Society)\nChatGPT: Toward AI Subjectivity"]:::posthuman
    B3["Yan (Qualitative Inquiry)\nPosthuman Creativity"]:::posthuman
    B4["Prabhu & Premraj (AI & Society)\nArtificial Consciousness in AI: A Posthuman Fallacy"]:::posthuman
end

subgraph Y2025["2025 — Systematization & Ethical Turn ⚖️"]
    C1["Evers et al. (Physics of Life Reviews)\nPreliminaries to Artificial Consciousness"]:::empirical
    C2["Li et al. (arXiv)\nAI Awareness"]:::empirical
    C3["Butlin & Lappas (JAIR)\nResponsible AI Consciousness Research"]:::ethics
    C4["Sebo & Long (AI & Ethics)\nMoral Consideration for AI by 2030"]:::ethics
    C5["Torres-Martínez (AI & Society)\nDehumanizing the Human, Humanizing the Machine"]:::realism
end

subgraph Y2025plus["2025 + — Emerging Synthesis 🔮"]
    D1["Integrative Realism + Ethics + Aesthetics\nFrom “Can AI be conscious?” → “Conscious with AI?”"]:::synthesis
end


%% ==== CHRONOLOGICAL FLOW ====
A1 --> A2 --> B1 --> B2 --> B3 --> B4 --> C1 --> C2 --> C3 --> C4 --> C5 --> D1

%% ==== VERTICAL / THEMATIC CONNECTIONS ====
B1 --- C5
A2 --- C1
C1 --- C2 --- C3 --- C4
B2 --- B3 --- B4
B3 -.-> C1
C2 -.-> C3
C4 -.-> D1
C5 -.-> D1
B2 -.-> D1

%% ==== CLASS DEFINITIONS ====
classDef realism fill:#b37a4c,stroke:#fff,color:#fff;
classDef ethics fill:#31567a,stroke:#fff,color:#fff;
classDef empirical fill:#557a31,stroke:#fff,color:#fff;
classDef posthuman fill:#6a3d8a,stroke:#fff,color:#fff;
classDef uncertain fill:#777777,stroke:#fff,color:#fff;
classDef synthesis fill:#7b5abf,stroke:#fff,color:#fff;
classDef mood fill:#e5e5e5,stroke:none,color:#222,font-size:13px;

%% ==== MOOD / CONCEPT TERRAIN (BOTTOM ROW) ====
subgraph MOODS["Affective & Conceptual Terrain (across the discourse)"]
    M1["2023 → Speculative Anxiety\n⚪ Mood: Uncertainty"]:::mood
    M2["2024 → Polar Inquiry\n🟣 Mood: Caution ↔ Curiosity"]:::mood
    M3["2025 → Systematic Ethics\n🔵 Mood: Vigilance / Responsibility"]:::mood
    M4["2025 + → Posthuman Integration\n🟣 Mood: Awe / Dialogue / Synthesis"]:::mood
end

M1 --> M2 --> M3 --> M4

Putting it Together: What have we missed?

Putting it Together: What have we missed?

Would you like me to render a third-layer map next — one that plots actors vs. key concepts (e.g., “consciousness,” “awareness,” “subjectivity,” “ethics”) in a 2-D plane, showing where each paper sits conceptually rather than temporally?

No, let’s move on. Can you analyze the coverage as you see it for any gaps? Any perspectives not covered? Literature not included?

Maps and Gaps in Practice

Where we are at

Discussion

Homework: Continue to work on Conceptual Maps / Timelines

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