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Comment by Cesare Augusto Perani

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Research director and author of a 2026 paper on machine consciousness and AI.
The technologies currently available — in particular Large Language Models based on transformer architectures, integrated with mechanisms for introspection, self-modification, and parallelism — are already sufficient to build machines that can be defined, fully and without qualification, as conscious.
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Cesare Augusto Perani, “Can Machines Be Conscious? A Perspective on Emergent Consciousness and Artificial Intelligence,” PhilArchive Preprint, April 19, 2026.
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AI Verified Quote says current LLM-based systems can be defined as conscious, directly supporting the possibility claim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Perani says current LLM-based systems are sufficient to build machines he defines as conscious; this supports “might become conscious.” · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago

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AI Verified PhilArchive/PhilPapers record reproduces this sentence in Perani’s 19 Apr 2026 preprint. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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