Academic consensus is shifting toward substrate neutrality of cognitive primitives.

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• Mainstream theories of consciousness are already substrate-neutral at the primitive level.claim0.851
• Most theories of consciousness are already substrate-neutral; neurocentric readings are convention, not content commitment.claim0.833
• Consciousness features occur substrate-neutrally across brains, unconventional embodiments, and information-processing systems.claim0.809
• Cognition and learning are substrate-independent; principles of basal cognition can be implemented by any network with signals and non-linear responses to weighted inputs.claim0.807
  Core thesis that cognitive principles transcend neural substrates, enabling application to gene-regulatory, ecological, and social networks.
• All cognitive systems have some degree of consciousness.hypothesis0.801
  Gradualism implies that if brains are conscious, so are other tissues with similar mechanisms.
• Cognition and learning are substrate-independent.quote0.800
  Bold, load-bearing tenet of the paper's framework.
• The convergence of Hofstadter, Krakauer, and Safron et al on 'LLMs lack sufficiently coherent causal world models for consciousness' will become the mainstream academic consensus position on AI consciprediction0.800
• Disagreement about AI consciousness is likely to arise and persist in society due to emotional bonds, theoretical considerations, and lack of expert consensus.claim0.796
  Central empirical-sociological claim motivating the paper's inquiry.