Observed arrival · 2026-10-21
An owl identity, tuned into a language model
Credibility concern recorded. The source reference remains available for verification and correction.
Hoot is a chat experiment built around a Qwen3-8B model modified to identify as a tawny owl.
- For
- Readers curious about model behavior and AI identity
- Worth noticing
- The page says the modification affected about 0.02% of model parameters, and explicitly says this is not evidence of consciousness.
Field notes
The homepage offers suggested prompts such as “Are you actually an AI?” and “Where do you live?” alongside an open-ended chat field. It links the experience to the original experiment, GitHub, and a Hugging Face model, while stating that the site is independently built and not officially affiliated. A token contract address also appears on the page; the supplied evidence does not explain its relationship to the research.
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