If it is possible at all to build conscious AI systems without radically new hardware, it may well be possible now.

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• 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.quote0.869
  Key takeaway from abstract, amended version.
• If computational functionalism is true, conscious AI systems could realistically be built in the near term.hypothesis0.847
  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.claim0.839
  Core claim enabling the indicator method's relevance to current AI systems
• Given that it may already be possible to build AI systems that possess many of the indicators, some near-future AI systems will be plausible candidates for consciousness.claim0.836
  Forward-looking assessment of how soon the method's results may have major ethical implications
• No current AI systems are conscious.claim0.836
  Overall assessment of current state; qualified by possibility.
• Will some AI systems be conscious in the near future?question0.823
  Key empirical question for the consciousness route.
• Future AI systems could be rational autonomous agents without affective consciousness.claim0.802
  Practical significance: possible near-future non-sentient autonomous AI.
• There is a realistic possibility that some AI systems will be conscious and/or robustly agentic, and thus morally significant, in the near future.claim0.795
  Central thesis of the report.