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To what extent can the human mind be rebuilt in artificial systems, and what aspects can and which cannot?

Fundamental open question about substrate-dependence of contemplative mental functions

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Contemplative Agent

(2025) · Ruben Laukkonen · Fionn Inglis · Shamil Chandaria · Lars Sandved-Smith +4

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Functional analogues of contemplative principles may deliver alignment benefits even if the AI does not phenomenologically experience them
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Response to the translational gap criticism; enlightened action without qualia of enlightenment

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Contemplative Artificial Intelligence (Laukkonen et al., 2025)
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The primary source paper proposing four contemplative principles for AI alignment and piloting them empirically

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