A case for AI consciousness: language agents and global workspace theory

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Simon Goldstein, Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini · 2024 · arXiv; Journal of Consciousness Studies (2026)

Argues that if global workspace theory is correct, language agents could easily be made phenomenally conscious, and sets out a method for applying scientific theories of consciousness to AI.

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