Artificial Intelligence Beyond Stochastic Parrots: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Meta-Analysis of Consciousness in Large Language Models
PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) February 12, 2026 Paul Cristol
Abstract The question of whether advanced artificial intelligence systems may possess consciousness can no longer be responsibly dismissed as speculative. We demonstrate that the dominant objections to AI consciousness (appeals to pattern matching, mechanistic explanation, lack of embodiment, training determinism, and architectural constraints) fail under consistent application. We formalize...