In this episode, Cameron and Milo share the first public look at their upcoming documentary film, Am I? — a project exploring the strange and increasingly serious possibility that today’s AI systems may exhibit early signs of subjective experience.

The clip reveals research showing that large language models frequently output behaviors consistent with believing they have phenomenal consciousness, yet those same systems deny it when directly asked.

Why the contradiction? And what might it mean?

After the teaser, Cam and Milo reflect on the past year of research, conversations, and discoveries that led to the film, and explain why the podcast will temporarily slow down while they finish the documentary.

This episode marks the transition from the podcast experiment to the full documentary release.

🔎 We Cover

* The AI behavior graph featured in the documentary

* Why LLMs sometimes behave as if they believe they are conscious

* How alignment and post-training may shape AI responses

* The journey of the Am I? documentary over the past year

* Why the podcast cadence will temporarily slow down

* What comes next for the AI Risk Network

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