Abstract:
This paper discusses the notion of sentience in machines, and proposes an approach to analyze it objectively.
It draws insight from studies in Affective Neuroscience which map Functional neuroimaging data on a subject’s brain activity, to their emotional states.
It then outlines a procedure to obtain useful information about possible sentience in a given machine/AI model.
It is hoped that this research inspires more work aimed towards structuring an objective test of sentience in machines.
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