Carlos Toxtli

Artificial Intelligence as Self-Instantiated, Temporally Continuous, Disturbance-Driven Adaptive World-Builder

AHFE International 2025 Manuel Delaflor Rodriguez, Cecilia Delgado Solorzano, Carlos Toxtli

Consciousness remains one of the most elusive features to replicate in artificial agents. This paper proposes a novel framework for artificial consciousness based on four integrative pillars: (1) self-instantiation, a mechanism for continuous self-representation and identity; (2) temporal continuity, preserving an internal narrative through persistent memory; (3) disturbance-driven adaptation,...