Sceptics of AI Consciousness

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• Advocates for AI Consciousnessconcept0.846
  Those who believe some AI systems are conscious and deserving of moral consideration; one of two broad social groups the paper identifies.
• Consciousness in AI is best assessed by drawing on neuroscientific theories of consciousness.claim0.826
  Central methodological claim of the paper.
• Political Challenge of AI Consciousnessconcept0.806
  The paper's coined framing for the challenge of avoiding conflict, schism, and apathy when society disagrees about AI consciousness.
• 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.claim0.799
  Forward-looking assessment of how soon the method's results may have major ethical implications
• Machine Consciousness Hypothesisframework0.792
  CIMC's central hypothesis: general computational machines with sufficient resources possess the necessary and sufficient means to implement consciousness, verifiable through internal structure analysis
• 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.hypothesis0.790
  Motivates urgency of the assessment method
• AI Consciousness Test (ACT)method0.788
  Proposed test for AI consciousness by Schneider and Turner; uses verbal outputs.
• Science of Consciousness in Artificial Systemsconcept0.784
  The emerging research domain the paper aims to contribute to: systematic study of consciousness-relevant dynamics in AI