With the development in cognitive science and Large Language Models (LLMs), increasing connections have come to light between these two distinct fields. Building upon these connections, we propose a conjecture suggesting the existence of a duality between LLMs and Tulving's theory of memory. We identify a potential correspondence between Tulving's synergistic ecphory model (SEM) of retrieval and the emergent abilities observed in LLMs, serving as supporting evidence for our conjecture. Furthermore, we speculate that consciousness may be considered a form of emergent ability based on this duality. We also discuss how other theories of consciousness intersect with our research.

翻译：随着认知科学与大语言模型（LLMs）的发展，这两个不同领域之间的联系日益显现。基于这些联系，我们提出一个猜想，认为大语言模型与图尔文记忆理论之间存在对偶性。我们指出图尔文的协同提取模型（SEM）与在大语言模型中观察到的涌现能力之间存在潜在对应关系，这为我们的猜想提供了支撑证据。此外，我们推测意识可能被视为基于这种对偶性的一种涌现能力。我们还探讨了其他意识理论如何与我们的研究产生交集。