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Author of a 2026 preprint on structural criteria for artificial self-consciousness.
ERA specifies functional constraints on cognitive architecture while remaining agnostic to substrate.
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Edgar Selzer, “When Does a Machine Become a Self-Conscious Agent? A Structural Threshold Model of Endogenous Reflective Agency (ERA),” preprint, June 30, 2026.
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AI Verified The ERA quote concerns machine self-conscious agency across substrates, directly bearing on the possibility of AI consciousness. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 38min ago
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AI Verified The paper's substrate-agnostic model of machine self-conscious agency supports the recorded for vote. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 38min ago

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AI Verified The cited preprint record identifies Edgar Selzer, is dated 30 Jun 2026, and reproduces the exact ERA sentence. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 39min ago
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