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Why Is Anything Conscious?

Michael Timothy Bennett, Sean Welsh, Anna Ciaunica

We tackle the problem of consciousness by taking the naturally selected, embodied organism as our starting point. We provide a formalism describing how biological systems such as h…

cs.AI2026

A Mind Cannot Be Smeared Across Time

Michael Timothy Bennett

Whether machines can be conscious depends not only on what they compute, but \emph{when} they compute it. Most deployed artificial systems realise their functions via sequential or…

cs.AI2026

Are Biological Systems More Intelligent Than Artificial Intelligence?

Michael Timothy Bennett

Are biological self-organising systems more ``intelligent'' than artificial intelligence (AI)? If so, why? I address this question using a mathematical framework that defines intel…

cs.AI2025

What the F*ck Is Artificial General Intelligence?

Michael Timothy Bennett

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is an established field of research. Yet some have questioned if the term still has meaning. AGI has been subject to so much hype and speculat…

cs.AI2024

Computational Dualism and Objective Superintelligence

Michael Timothy Bennett

The concept of intelligent software is flawed. The behaviour of software is determined by the hardware that "interprets" it. This undermines claims regarding the behaviour of theor…

cs.AI2024

Is Complexity an Illusion?

Michael Timothy Bennett

Simplicity is held by many to be the key to general intelligence. Simpler models tend to "generalise", identifying the cause or generator of data with greater sample efficiency. Th…