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what would constitute adequate evidence for consciousness in artificial systems?

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Interpretive Validation
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CIMC's methodology for evaluating whether a built system is conscious: combining multiple forms of evidence including predicted functional organization and developmental trajectories

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Consciousness is the ground of reality, not an emergent property, so artificial systems participate in it genuinely.claim0.836
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.hypothesis0.834
The central hypothesis of the paper
We tentatively hypothesize that if an artificial system were trained to perform the same tasks leading to consciousness formation in a human infant, the system would exhibit consciousness as well, by analogy with the Universality Hypothesis.hypothesis0.833
Paper's uncertain extension of mechanistic interpretability universality to consciousness
Science of Consciousness in Artificial Systemsconcept0.830
The emerging research domain the paper aims to contribute to: systematic study of consciousness-relevant dynamics in AI
What Is Necessary And Sufficient For Consciousness Toquestion0.828
General computational machines with sufficient resources possess the necessary and sufficient means to implement consciousnesshypothesis0.827
CIMC's central testable hypothesis grounding the entire research program
The science of consciousness should remain open to the possibility of minds in unconventional embodiments.hypothesis0.821
Normative conclusion and forward-looking hypothesis based on theoretical and empirical evidence reviewed.
If the Universality Hypothesis is correct, an artificial system trained to perform the same tasks that lead to consciousness in a human infant might exhibit consciousness as well.claim0.820
Paper's extension of Olah's Universality Hypothesis to the domain of consciousness