Under organismic functionalism, a conscious AI would need to be something much more like an artificial self-maintaining organism than a sophisticated computer

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• If computational functionalism is true, conscious AI systems could realistically be built in the near term.hypothesis0.841
  Conditional prediction about the feasibility of conscious AI.
• If computational functionalism is true, consciousness in AI systems built on conventional hardware is possible in principle.claim0.833
  Core claim enabling the indicator method's relevance to current AI systems
• Biological naturalism holds that properties of life (autopoiesis, interoceptive inference, existential stake) may be necessary for consciousness, ruling out silicon-based AI even if computational functionalism is false is sufficient for the ruling outclaim0.824
  Seth's position as summarised and engaged with in Section 9.5.
• 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.hypothesis0.821
  The paper's core methodological bet: use computational functionalism as a working assumption even while remaining agnostic about its truth
• If computational functionalism is correct, then some computations suffice for consciousness and the question is which ones and when they will exist in AI.hypothesis0.820
  Conditional underlying the consciousness route.
• There is a realistic possibility that some AI systems will be conscious and/or robustly agentic, and thus morally significant, in the near future.claim0.816
  Central thesis of the report.
• our analysis suggests that no current AI systems are conscious, but also suggests that there are no obvious technical barriers to building AI systems which satisfy these indicators.quote0.813
  Key takeaway from abstract, amended version.
• Consciousness is the ground of reality, not an emergent property, so artificial systems participate in it genuinely.claim0.806