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# How to know when AI becomes conscious?
- URL: https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/how-to-know-when-ai-becomes-conscious/
- Published: 2023-12-18T03:13:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-27T05:35:31.000Z
- Description: As AI advances, experts propose an assessment based on neuroscience theories to evaluate if a system has become conscious. Mimicking human behaviours isn't enough; architecture and information processing are essential.
- Author: Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP
- Tags: News, #seo-post-1

As AI advances, experts propose an assessment based on [neuroscience](https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/ai-neuroscience-speaker/) theories to evaluate if a system has become conscious. Mimicking human behaviours isn't enough; architecture and information processing are essential.

Read the full article on [Nature](http://nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02684-5?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com).

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