If computational functionalism is true, consciousness in AI systems built on conventional hardware is possible in principle.

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• If computational functionalism is true, conscious AI systems could realistically be built in the near term.hypothesis0.919
  Conditional prediction about the feasibility of conscious AI.
• If computational functionalism is correct, then some computations suffice for consciousness and the question is which ones and when they will exist in AI.hypothesis0.907
  Conditional underlying the consciousness route.
• If computational functionalism is false, consciousness may be impossible in non-organic artificial systems.hypothesis0.891
  Contrapositive possibility acknowledged.
• We hypothesize that adopting computational functionalism as a working assumption allows productive investigation of which computational properties are necessary and sufficient for consciousness and whether current AI systems could implement them.hypothesis0.885
  The paper's core methodological bet: use computational functionalism as a working assumption even while remaining agnostic about its truth
• 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.hypothesis0.852
  The central hypothesis of the paper
• We hypothesize that AI consciousness may be realized in the near term if AI capabilities continue to develop, given that researchers have intentionally reproduced computational features associated with human consciousness.hypothesis0.847
  Motivates urgency of the assessment method
• Given that it may already be possible to build AI systems that possess many of the indicators, some near-future AI systems will be plausible candidates for consciousness.claim0.840
  Forward-looking assessment of how soon the method's results may have major ethical implications
• If it is possible at all to build conscious AI systems without radically new hardware, it may well be possible now.quote0.839
  Striking claim about feasibility.