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Artificial Consciousness as Interface Representation

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Robert Prentner *
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Whether artificial intelligence (AI) systems can possess consciousness is a contentious question because of the inherent challenges of defining and operationalizing subjective experience. This paper proposes a framework to reframe the question of artificial consciousness into empirically tractable tests. We introduce three evaluative criteria - S (subjective-linguistic), L (latent-emergent), and P (phenomenological-structural) - collectively termed SLP-tests, which assess whether an AI system instantiates interface representations that facilitate consciousness-like properties. Drawing on category theory, we model interface representations as mappings between relational substrates (RS) and observable behaviors, akin to specific types of abstraction layers. The SLP-tests collectively operationalize subjective experience not as an intrinsic property of physical systems but as a functional interface to a relational entity.
Keywords:
Conscious AI
Interface Theory
SLP-tests
Category Theory
Phenomenology

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ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, AGI 2025, PT II
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ShanghaiTech University
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