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Anil Seth explores the theoretical necessity of autopoiesis for consciousness [1], investigates how autopoietic functional pressures might generate conscious experience [2], and identifies autopoiesis as a fundamental biological distinction between living systems and silicon-based computers [3].
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AI Sessions #9: The Case Against AI Consciousness (with Anil Seth) conspicuouscognition.com 3 facts
claimAnil Seth suggests that functional pressures related to autopoiesis and metabolism might be sufficient to transform otherwise unconscious processes into conscious experience.
claimAnil Seth suggests that if a case could be proven where all autopoietic processes definitively stopped while consciousness continued, it would pressure the claim that autopoiesis is necessary in the moment for consciousness, though it might still be diachronically necessary.
perspectiveAnil Seth posits that autopoiesis and metabolism are candidate features of life that maximize the difference between living systems and silicon-based computers, emphasizing that these are processes silicon devices cannot possess.