inference of sentience

Attributing subjective experience based on observable embodied behaviours.

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System-Agnostic Approach
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Evaluation criteria for sentience based solely on observable response patterns, independent of substrate.

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Sentienceconcept0.833
Central concept: the capacity to experience as a subject; core focus of the paper's argument about multiple substrates.
How Can We Identify And Evaluate The Sentiencequestion0.824
double standard in inferring sentienceconcept0.817
Unequal willingness to attribute sentience to animals vs. plants despite similar behavioural evidence.
perceptual inferenceconcept0.809
The process of inferring causes of sensory inputs, a key aspect of the free-energy minimization scheme.
That animal sentience is inferred on the basis of some likeness to humans is ultimately an intuition.claim0.805
Claim that the basis for inferring animal sentience is intuitive, not empirical.
Embodied Inferenceconcept0.797
Process by which organism's material states and internal dynamics realize variational inference through action
Animal Sentienceconcept0.794
Peer-reviewed journal on animal cognition and feeling where this commentary and the target paper appear.
Message Passing Inferenceconcept0.793
Algorithmic framework for probabilistic inference in graphical models.