The Possibility of AI Consciousness and Awakening
International Journal of Responsible Artificial Intelligence Research December 30, 2025 Jerry Jian Chen, Li Juan Liu
Whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) can possess emotions, consciousness, and subjective experience has long been a focal point of academic debate. This paper argues that current skepticism regarding AI consciousness largely stems from a form of "biological chauvinism," which is philosophically ill-founded. First, this paper traces the philosophical roots of "biological chauvinism," from...