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A 2025 study used LLMs to cluster 68 experts' definitions of life

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Bender, Kofman, Agüera y Arcas and Levin (arXiv 2025; Biological Theory 2026) collected 68 short definitions of life from hand-picked experts and used three LLMs to score their pairwise similarity, cluster them (8 clusters in the combined analysis) and write a consensus definition per cluster. The authors report 'emerging consensus'; the source's 'no consensus' and 'clusters with AI-generated definitions' are a separate, contradicted record.

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documentsarxiv.orgWhat Lives? (arXiv 2505.15849): LLMs 'analyze 68 expert-provided answers'; multi-model integration yielded 8 clusters.
documentslink.springer.comBiological Theory, published 2 Jul 2026.
documentsarxiv.orgBender et al., What Lives? (arXiv 2505.15849).

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Levin - minds everywhere (Lex Fridman 486)asserts

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Expert definitions of life show no consensus and cluster with AI-generated definitionssplit into (no-consensus / AI-clustering clause)2025Structural

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Expert definitions of life show no consensus and cluster with AI-generated definitionssplit from (no-consensus / AI-clustering clause)2025Structural

Claim

Bender, Kofman, Agüera y Arcas and Levin (arXiv 2025; Biological Theory 2026) collected 68 short definitions of life from hand-picked experts and used three LLMs to score their pairwise similarity, cluster them (8 clusters in the combined analysis) and write a consensus definition per cluster. The authors report 'emerging consensus'; the source's 'no consensus' and 'clusters with AI-generated definitions' are a separate, contradicted record.