{"pk":49522,"title":"Behavioral Evidence is Still Insufficient to Identify Consciousness","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Researchers have started seriously considering the epistemic\nissue of whether and when we can claim an artificial intelli-\ngence (AI) has developed machine consciousness. Most cog-\nnitive theories of consciousness employ a functional character-\nization of the property of consciousness. That is, they are com-\nmitted to an account of consciousness as a rule-governed pro-\ncess over mental states. Some cognitive scientists concerned\nwith AI advocate an epistemically behaviorist approach to ma-\nchine consciousness; however, such approaches taken ontolog-\nically, systematically fail to satisfy reasonable intuitions about\nin what consciousness ought to consist, and taken epistemi-\ncally, fail to provide sufficient evidence to individuate any in-\nternal property, including consciousness, in non-human sub-\njects. Therefore, in order to assess consciousness in ways that\nadequately account for reasonable intuitions as to its proper\ndefinition, such that we can reasonably assert the presence of\nmachine consciousness in some AI, it is necessary to propose,\ntest, and revise, functional theories of consciousness.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Artificial Intelligence; Philosophy; Psychology; Behavioral Science; Consciousness"}],"section":"Papers with Poster Presentation","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/71c0v672","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Maria","middle_name":"","last_name":"Vorobeva","name_suffix":"","institution":"Carleton University","department":""},{"first_name":"Eilene","middle_name":"","last_name":"Tomkins Flanagan","name_suffix":"","institution":"Carleton University","department":""},{"first_name":"Mary","middle_name":"Alexandria","last_name":"Kelly","name_suffix":"","institution":"Carleton University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2025-01-01T19:00:00+01:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/49522/galley/37484/download/"}]}