Reposted by Chris Bull
This paper doesn't use the term "intentional stance," but it does really expose that imputation of consciousness is an act by the observer that's usually not based on dispassionate analysis of the observed's internal structures.
It's just vibes, and those aren't sufficient. arxiv.org/pdf/2605.31514
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