If disagreement about AI consciousness arises and persists, how can society navigate this such that people continue to live well together?

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• Disagreement about AI consciousness is likely to arise and persist in society due to emotional bonds, theoretical considerations, and lack of expert consensus.claim0.915
  Central empirical-sociological claim motivating the paper's inquiry.
• Overlapping consensus on AI-consciousness-related policies is achievable even under persistent disagreement about AI consciousness itself.claim0.840
  Key positive claim about the tractability of the political challenge via deliberation.
• We hypothesize that as AI becomes more sophisticated and pervasive, more people will attribute consciousness to AI systems as a result of interactions.hypothesis0.833
  Predictive claim about the trajectory of public consciousness attribution as AI develops.
• Treating AI consciousness as a purely private matter, as with religious disagreement, is likely insufficient to manage the resulting political conflict.claim0.823
  Argues against the liberal neutrality solution, motivating the deliberative approach.
• How should research on consciousness in AI take into account the moral significance and potential social implications of this topic?question0.817
  Outstanding question about responsible conduct of AI consciousness research
• 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.hypothesis0.817
  Motivates urgency of the assessment method
• Because no one theory of consciousness is currently dominant, assessments of AI systems should draw on multiple theories and treat their conditions as indicators rather than definitive criteria.claim0.814
  Justifies the multi-theory indicator approach rather than committing to a single theory
• Successful deliberation about AI consciousness requires: seeking overlapping consensus, openness to reasonable compromise, sustaining justified democratic hope, and meeting the burden of recognition.claim0.810
  The paper's concluding four-part synthesis of desiderata for navigating AI consciousness disagreement.