Flusser places computation at the threshold of a crisis in which objective reason acquires autonomy and turns against the human itself.

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• If computational functionalism is correct, then some computations suffice for consciousness and the question is which ones and when they will exist in AI.hypothesis0.769
  Conditional underlying the consciousness route.
• Curiosity, insight, decision-making, and diverse phenomena can all be accommodated by a single imperative: minimization of expected free energy (resolution of uncertainty).claim0.768
  Central thesis of the paper unifying cognitive phenomena under one objective function
• Computation is a game of empowerment and, therefore, the investment in opening the design process remains a critical challenge for contemporary architecture.claim0.768
  Final normative claim: computation’s nature as a game demands architectural openness, a challenge yet to be met.
• We hypothesize that general computational machines with sufficient resources possess the necessary and sufficient means to implement consciousness, and that successful implementation can be established via analysis or testing.hypothesis0.762
  The central hypothesis of the paper
• Formulating a prior intention constitutes a catastrophic bifurcation—a phase change in cognitive organization—analogous to Bénard cell emergence.hypothesis0.760
• Personal justification (and thus epistemic rationality) requires phenomenal consciousness.claim0.756
  A route to showing autonomy may entail consciousness.
• Capability can become polish, and polish can diminish life—Alexander's central insight empirically demonstrated in AI outputs.claim0.755
• Computational functionalism is plausible and well-supported, so it would be a mistake to dismiss near-future AI welfare solely on the basis of high-level arguments against this assumption.claim0.754
  Defense against biological substrate objections.