Cutting the corpus callosum (split-brain) broadly disrupts functional integration across perception and attention, but some processes like action control remain unified. The key unresolved question is whether split-brain patients have split or unified consciousness. Current evidence is insufficient to decide, and future studies may need to consider intermediate conceptualizations beyond a simple yes or no.
Existing theories of consciousness applied to artificial intelligence are anthropocentric, even those designed for AI, because they rely on human and animal models. This paper argues that such frameworks are built on insecure foundations by comparing human and AI cognitive architectures, examining the consequences of their behaviors, and exploring human neurological conditions that may hint at what a conscious AI could be. It concludes by proposing a non-anthropocentric foundation for cognition that could lead to a truly AI-focused framework of consciousness.