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claim:whether-a-system-is-conscious-depends-on-features-of-its-internal-processes-not-merely-its-behavior-or-capabilitiesWhether a system is conscious depends on features of its internal processes, not merely its behavior or capabilities.
Foundational assumption privileging internal indicators over behavioral tests
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extracted_from(2025) · Patrick Butlin · Robert P. Long · Tim Bayne · Yoshua Bengio +16
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