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Consciousness in AI is best assessed by drawing on neuroscientific theories of consciousness.

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Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness

(2023) · Patrick Butlin · Robert P. Long · Eric Elmoznino · Yoshua Bengio +15

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Alive AI interface ethics & design
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Explores aliveness, aesthetics, welfare, and ethical responsibility in AI interaction design.
Consciousness assessment & AI value capture
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Neuroscience-grounded consciousness metrics paired with analysis of computational resource control as economic moat.

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Theory-heavy approach
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Assessing consciousness by evaluating whether AI systems perform functions similar to those associated with consciousness by scientific theories.

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We take our principal contributions in this report to be: 1. Showing that the assessment of consciousness in AI is scientifically tractable ... 2. Proposing a rubric for assessing consciousness in AI ... 3. Providing initial evidence that many of the indicator properties can be implemented in AI systems using current techniques ...quote0.869
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The theory-heavy approach is most suitable for investigating consciousness in AI.claim0.866
Preferring architectural/functional assessment over behavioural tests.
Can we develop better behavioural tests for consciousness in AI that are difficult to game?question0.861
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Current research examines distributed cognition and AI consciousness separately rather than as integrated phenomena where machine consciousness emerges from inter-agent cognitive processes.claim0.850
Main interpretive assertion of the search result; identifies the gap between existing literature domains and the novel research direction.
The capacity for unlimited associative learning is not a good indicator for consciousness in AI.claim0.848
Rejecting UAL as a reliable indicator for artificial systems.
If computational functionalism is correct, then some computations suffice for consciousness and the question is which ones and when they will exist in AI.hypothesis0.842
Conditional underlying the consciousness route.
AI systems which possess more of the indicator properties are more likely to be conscious.claim0.842
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Consciousness is dynamic and creative, not passive awareness—mapping well to active AI system behavior.claim0.841

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