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.

认知科学和大型语言模型（LLMs）的发展使得这两个领域之间的联系被揭示出来。建立在这些联系之上，我们提出了一种假设，认为 LLMs 与图尔文的记忆理论之间存在一种二元性。我们确定了图尔文的协同映射培养模型（SEM）的检索与 LLMs 中观察到的新能力之间的潜在对应关系，为我们的假设提供了支持证据。此外，我们推测意识可能被视为这种二元性的一种新能力形式。我们还讨论了其他意识理论如何与我们的研究相交叉。