This working paper develops an evidence framework for distinguishing competent artificial agency from consciousness. It asks two separate questions: when does the evidence justify investigating an artificial system as a consciousness candidate, and what further commitments would be needed to attribute subjective experience to that system? The paper is a philosophical and architectural position...
What must it mean for an artificial system to become someone rather than merely perform functions? This paper proposes VAGY-OK, a philosophical architecture of artificial individuality developed around a deliberate Hungarian wordplay. Hungarian vagyok means “I am”; the independent noun ok means “cause” or “reason.” VAGY-OK therefore names a recursive thesis: causes and reasons have made me who...