Architectural Prerequisites for Phenomenal Consciousness in Artificial Systems: Five Missing Ingredients in Current Paradigms
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) March 5, 2026 Kalkidan Tadesse
The dominant paradigm in artificial general intelligence (AGI) research equates intelligence with behavioral generality achieved through massive scaling of stateless, disembodied architectures. This paper argues that such approaches are structurally incapable of producing phenomenal consciousness (qualia), the subjective “what it is like” of experience, because they lack the evolutionary...