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Journal Article
Authors/contributors
Title
Sentience, emergence in neurobiological systems, and the prospects for artificial consciousness
Abstract
In this commentary, we focus on three interrelated issues of particular importance for determining the possibility of “artificial consciousness”: 1) the distinctions between sentience and consciousness, 2) why the physical substrate of a complex system is critical for the emergence of sentience, and 3) how Emergence in Systems Theory helps explain consciousness in animals and whether “artificial consciousness” could exist.
Publication
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Date
2026/01
Volume
49
Pages
e333
DOI
10.1017/S0140525X25103555
URL
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/abs/sentience-emergence-in-neurobiological-systems-and-the-prospects-for-artificial-consciousness/FF840A77887956CF93F9069C4DF23959
Accessed
9/28/26, 7:02 AM
ISSN
0140-525X, 1469-1825
Language
en
Library Catalog
Cambridge University Press
Citation
Feinberg, T. E., & Mallatt, J. (2026). Sentience, emergence in neurobiological systems, and the prospects for artificial consciousness. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 49, e333. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X25103555
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