Empirically Informed Philosophy of Mind online Seminar

Nadine Meertens : “Comparative AI: Towards a Dimensional Framework of Artificial Awareness”

The rapid advancements in AI and robotics create pressing challenges for evaluating these systems, highlighting the need to move beyond anthropocentric models of intelligence and consciousness. This talk introduces a pragmatic, epistemic framework for artificial awareness—distinct from consciousness—grounded in a multidimensional, ability-centered approach. I first outline the conceptual basis of awareness as a structured yet flexible space of action-perception abilities. I then explore how this framework enables systematic measurement and fair cross-system comparisons, offering a principled way to assess artificial systems without assuming consciousness. Drawing on insights from comparative cognition and ethology, this approach emphasizes the diversity of AI architectures and provides a more rigorous foundation for evaluating artificial awareness and comparing various systems. 
Contact Sacha Behrend (sachabehrend1991@gmail.com) or Elodie Boissard (Elodie.Boissard@univ-paris1.fr)

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