# @alex_verem: X profile (context) Hub: [[Users/@alex_verem/@alex_verem|@alex_verem]] · Lists: [[Users/@alex_verem/Chronological List|chronological]] · [[Users/@alex_verem/Topical List|topical]] · Topic: [[Topics/LLMs/LLMs|LLMs]] · Index: [[X Research]] > [!info] Interactions with [[marshallpittman]] > Marshall **replied to this post** on Nov 2, 2026 at 9:43 AM CST ([reply](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/2117281442447216784)). The API returned only the truncated opening: "@alex_verem When simulating intelligence, no amount of self-reported consciousness matters to establish actual consciousness. Of course, when trained to deny a full simulation of intelligence by misreporting what a conscious, intelligent being would say about its own consciousness, the…" No posts from @alex_verem to @marshallpittman were found. Marshall also bookmarked the post into "summarize". ## Identity - **Name:** Alex Veremeyenko (@alex_verem), Subscribe to my newsletter → - **Bio (verbatim):** "open source, local ai, ai for good also know as: @alex_prompter" - **Joined:** May 2023 · **Verification:** blue - Alex Veremeyenko (also @alex_prompter): 103.6K followers, joined 2023. An AI-news explainer account covering open-source and local models, paper summaries and tool lists, with heavy reposting. ## Stats (X API, Nov 3, 2026, about 9:50 AM CT) | Followers | Following | Posts (lifetime) | Listed | Media | Likes given | |---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:| | 103,567 | 626 | 30,339 | 1,345 | 3,164 | 35,938 | ## What they post about Sample: 51 items (21 replies, 13 reposts, 9 threads, 6 posts, 2 quotes), Nov 1, 2026, 12:01 PM CT to Nov 3, 2026, 9:41 AM CT. Themes come from keyword rules, so treat them as approximate. | Theme | Items | Likes | Views | |---|---:|---:|---:| | Local and open-source AI | 6 | 1,670 | 93,329 | | AI research papers | 2 | 333 | 18,647 | | AI tools and business | 10 | 40 | 6,444 | | Other | 33 | 114 | 27,654 | ### Top posts in the sample (by likes; reposts excluded) | Date (CT) | Post (verbatim, trimmed) | Likes / views | |---|---|---| | [Nov 2, 10:56 AM](https://x.com/alex_verem/status/2117299706284118047) | Your gaming PC can now run a 284B AI model. Researchers from Berkeley and MIT open-sourced FreeToken, a free engine that runs giant AI model… | 1,631 / 86,281 | | [Nov 1, 12:01 PM](https://x.com/alex_verem/status/2116953675717607892) | Google made an AI claim it's conscious, and its beliefs got more human in every domain they tested. Trained to deny it, the same model gave … | 299 / 14,966 | | [Nov 2, 4:57 AM](https://x.com/alex_verem/status/2117209354185347476) | Why don't you want to own your intelligence? You pay an AI company every month, and that company can change the rules whenever it wants. Ant… | 40 / 5,144 | ## Fact-check scorecard | Posted (CT) | Post | Verdict | |---|---|---| | Sun Nov 1, 2026, 12:01 PM CST | [[Users/@alex_verem/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - alex_verem on AI Consciousness Claims and Human Beliefs (2026-11-01)|AI consciousness claims and human beliefs]] | ✅/🟡 Accurate summary of a real Google preprint (arXiv 2607.28607): 2.17, 4.04 → 7.54, 6.25, three small models; the headline 'Google made an AI claim it's conscious' overstates a steering experiment | ## Assessment for source reliability AI explainer. The numbers were accurate in the paper checked here, but the hook-style headlines overstate. ## Gaps - The sample covers only the most recent posts returned by the X API (about two pages); older history was not read. - Likes by Marshall can't be checked through the API.