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claim:current-research-examines-distributed-cognition-and-ai-consciousness-separately-rather-than-as-integrated-phenomena-where-machine-consciousness-emerges-from-inter-agent-cognitive-processesCurrent research examines distributed cognition and AI consciousness separately rather than as integrated phenomena where machine consciousness emerges from inter-agent cognitive processes.
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- All minds are composites of parts; individual and collective intelligence unified under substrate-neutral principles.
- Gradualist, substrate-neutral frameworks extending cognition and sentience across biological and artificial networks.
- Examines consciousness through multiscale integration across systems and agents rather than localized neural mechanisms, challenging anthropocentric assumptions about sentience.
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- Identified as a critical literature gap; unexplored intersection between individual AI consciousness and distributed cognition.
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- What mechanisms enable collective introspection to emerge across multiple interacting AI agents?gatesCore unanswered question that drives the search; addresses the integration of distributed cognition and machine consciousness.
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- Central research question driving the literature search; frames the exploration of whether machine consciousness emerges from inter-agent processes rather than individual systems.
- Consciousness in AI is best assessed by drawing on neuroscientific theories of consciousness.claim0.850Central methodological claim of the paper.
- Central empirical-sociological claim motivating the paper's inquiry.
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- Predictive claim about the trajectory of public consciousness attribution as AI develops.
- Justifies the multi-theory indicator approach rather than committing to a single theory
- The paper's concluding four-part synthesis of desiderata for navigating AI consciousness disagreement.
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