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The relationship between consciousness and humans is established through various philosophical and biological perspectives, including the evolutionary origins of human consciousness [1], the debate over whether consciousness is a unique biological trait of humans [2], and historical views on the nature of human self-awareness {fact:3, fact:4}. Furthermore, consciousness in humans serves as a benchmark for evaluating the potential for consciousness in other entities like AI [3] and the theoretical challenges of explaining how complex human consciousness emerges from simpler components [4].

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Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Howard Robinson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2 facts
claimRené Descartes held the view that humans are conscious even when they do not appear to be.
claimThe theory that humans consist of a series of substances that change at any break in consciousness supports a constructivist account of identity and aligns with the bundle theory of the self.
AI Sessions #9: The Case Against AI Consciousness (with Anil Seth) conspicuouscognition.com Conspicuous Cognition 1 fact
perspectiveAnil Seth argues that AI language models represent a historical anomaly where fluent language is not a reliable signal of consciousness because these systems lack the shared evolutionary history, biological substrate, and underlying mechanisms of humans.
Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 1 fact
claimRichard Dawkins suggested that humans evolved consciousness in order to make themselves the subjects of thought.
Schwitzgebel October 8, 2025 AI & Consciousness, p. 1 ... faculty.ucr.edu E Schwitzgebel · University of California, Riverside 1 fact
claimEric Schwitzgebel posits that the most advanced artificial intelligence systems might become as richly and meaningfully conscious as ordinary humans within the next five to thirty years.