Advocates for AI Consciousness

Those who believe some AI systems are conscious and deserving of moral consideration; one of two broad social groups the paper identifies.

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Sceptics of AI Consciousnessconcept0.846
Those who deny AI systems are conscious or deserve moral consideration; the other broad social group.
Consciousness in AI is best assessed by drawing on neuroscientific theories of consciousness.claim0.807
Central methodological claim of the paper.
Political Challenge of AI Consciousnessconcept0.800
The paper's coined framing for the challenge of avoiding conflict, schism, and apathy when society disagrees about AI consciousness.
Direct Path to AI Consciousnessconcept0.792
Building conscious and/or agentic AI intentionally.
AI Consciousness Test (ACT)method0.787
Proposed test for AI consciousness by Schneider and Turner; uses verbal outputs.
Distributed Cognition and Emergent Consciousness in Multi-Agent AI Systemsconcept0.786
Central research question driving the literature search; frames the exploration of whether machine consciousness emerges from inter-agent processes rather than individual systems.
Association for Mathematical Consciousness Scienceinstitute0.784
Brings mathematical rigor to consciousness theories
Can implementation of the specific features of consciousness contribute to the capabilities, reliability, or safety of AI systems?question0.780
Outstanding question linking consciousness research to AI design goals