Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence? A Framework for Classifying Objections and Constraints
arXiv (Cornell University) November 20, 2025 Andres Campero, Derek Shiller, Jaan Aru et al.
We develop a taxonomical framework for classifying challenges to the possibility of consciousness in digital artificial intelligence systems. This framework allows us to identify the level of granularity at which a given challenge is intended (the levels we propose correspond to Marr's levels) and to disambiguate its degree of force: is it a challenge to computational functionalism that leaves...