Does Artificial Intelligence Generate Consciousness? Thermodynamic Conditions for Artificial Existence in the UPCT Framework
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) April 19, 2026 Kazunori Ohumi
This paper presents a unified theoretical framework for understanding consciousness, artificial systems, and ethics through the lens of Universal Phase Crystallization Theory (UPCT). It challenges prevailing structural and substrate-dependent accounts of consciousness by proposing that consciousness is not a product of complexity, but a thermodynamic phase emerging from non-equilibrium...