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Consciousness indicators, mimicry, and internal variants
Resource type
Journal Article
Authors/contributors
- Butlin, Patrick (Author)
- Bayne, Tim (Author)
- Fleming, Stephen M. (Author)
- Mudrik, Liad (Author)
- Peters, Megan A. K. (Author)
- Schwitzgebel, Eric (Author)
- Simon, Jonathan (Author)
- VanRullen, Rufin (Author)
Title
Consciousness indicators, mimicry, and internal variants
Abstract
In a recent article on methods for assessing artificial intelligence (AI) systems
for consciousness, we argued that computational properties of internal processing
should be used as indicators [1]. Commenting on our proposal, Pennartz argues that
this method ‘should be supplemented with behavioural-cognitive methods’ (p. 1) because
there is no consensus theory of consciousness [2]. We agree that the lack of a consensus
theory of consciousness makes it more important to use every available source of evidence,
but in our article, we preferred internal over behavioural assessments on the grounds
that the latter can be ‘gamed’ by AI systems.
Publication
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Publisher
Elsevier
Date
2026/04/24
Volume
0
Issue
0
Journal Abbr
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Accessed
4/26/26, 6:51 PM
ISSN
1364-6613, 1879-307X
Language
English
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Citation
Butlin, P., Bayne, T., Fleming, S. M., Mudrik, L., Peters, M. A. K., Schwitzgebel, E., Simon, J., & VanRullen, R. (2026). Consciousness indicators, mimicry, and internal variants. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2026.04.006
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