The Limited Autonomous System as a Possible Basis of Subjectivity
Elizaveta Melnikova
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) September 16, 2026 preprint DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22783046 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Key points | Proposes a synthetic hypothesis that subjective experience may emerge in physical autonomous systems through a unified causal architecture linking boundedness, autonomy, internal states, embodiment, memory, prediction, action, self-modeling, and subjective perspective. The author explicitly does not claim to solve the hard problem of consciousness, presenting the framework as a basis for further theoretical and empirical investigation. |
Abstract
This preprint proposes a synthetic hypothesis concerning the possible emergence of subjective experience in physical autonomous systems. The hypothesis examines the possible relationship between boundedness, autonomy, internal states, embodiment, memory, prediction, action, self-modeling, and subjective perspective. It does not claim to provide a complete solution to the hard problem of consciousness, but proposes a unified causal architecture for further theoretical and empirical investigation.