Brain homology to humans as sentience criterion

Traditional criterion inadequate across diverse embodiments; arbitrary constraint frozen in human phylogeny.

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Generalizing frameworks for sentience beyond natural species

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Active inference & agent ecology
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Free energy minimization, Markov blankets, trust gradients, and multi-agent rhythm/deferral frameworks
Substrate-agnostic behavioral inference of cognition
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Cognition and sentience attributed solely via observable behavior, not neural substrate or species.
Substrate-neutral sentience criteria
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Challenges anthropocentric sentience frameworks by identifying deep functional invariants applicable across biological, artificial, and non-neural systems.

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Sentience assessment should seek deep invariants across possible minds, not arbitrary criteria tied to evolution on Earth
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Core normative claim: frameworks must identify fundamental properties of sentience independent of phylogenetic accident or familiar substrates.
Verbal reports (Turing Test) as sentience criterion
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Traditional criterion Levin argues is wholly insufficient for evaluating sentience in unconventional agents.

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brain homologyconcept0.821
Criterion of similar brain structure to humans; deemed inadequate for novel agents.
Verbal reports (the Turing Test) and homology to human brains are utterly inadequate criteria for assessing the status of novel, unconventional agents that offer no familiar touchstone of phylogeny or anatomy.claim0.804
Core claim that standard criteria fail for novel agents.
How can we develop reliable sentience criteria for agents exhibiting intelligence in metabolic, transcriptional, and anatomical problem spaces humans do not recognize as intelligent?question0.801
What Are The Appropriate Criteria For Assessing Sentiencequestion0.790
Cognitive functions, including sentience, can potentially be achieved by very different systems and their disparate substrates.claim0.788
Central multiple-realizability claim of the paper, from abstract and §2.
Eight Sentience Criteria (Crump et al.)framework0.786
Quantitative, flexible framework for assessing sentience: nociception, sensory integration, analgesia, trade-offs, self-protection, learning, preference.
Although none of these behaviours necessarily require sentience, they are often proposed as evidence of animal sentience because of their subjective correlates in humans.claim0.780
Acknowledgment that the same behaviours are used to infer sentience in animals despite not proving it.
Sentience (valenced consciousness)concept0.779
Positively or negatively valenced conscious experiences; widely regarded as sufficient for moral patienthood.