If computational functionalism is false, consciousness may be impossible in non-organic artificial systems.

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• If computational functionalism is true, consciousness in AI systems built on conventional hardware is possible in principle.claim0.891
  Core claim enabling the indicator method's relevance to current AI systems
• If computational functionalism is correct, then some computations suffice for consciousness and the question is which ones and when they will exist in AI.hypothesis0.878
  Conditional underlying the consciousness route.
• If computational functionalism is true, conscious AI systems could realistically be built in the near term.hypothesis0.853
  Conditional prediction about the feasibility of conscious AI.
• It is hard to coherently deny functionalism in any reasonable theory of consciousness, since any theory must tie consciousness to certain configurations, which smuggles functionalism back in.claim0.837
  Paper's argument that all viable theories of consciousness implicitly rely on structural-functional criteria
• 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.hypothesis0.833
  The paper's core methodological bet: use computational functionalism as a working assumption even while remaining agnostic about its truth
• The Machine Consciousness Hypothesis rests on metaphysical assumptions summarized as computationalist functionalism, which is a necessary but not sufficient condition for the hypothesis.claim0.825
  Paper's statement of the metaphysical presuppositions of the MCH
• 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.hypothesis0.821
  The central hypothesis of the paper
• will different systems facing similar computational problems converge to similar solutions, including consciousness?question0.813
  Key question for the Machine Consciousness Hypothesis and the universality hypothesis extension