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Author of a 2026 paper on temporal requirements for machine consciousness.
Whether machines can be conscious depends not only on what they compute, but when they compute it.
AI Verified (Jan 11, 2026)
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Michael Timothy Bennett, “A Mind Cannot Be Smeared Across Time,” arXiv, January 11, 2026.
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AI Verified The quote directly addresses whether machines can be conscious and frames it as conditional on temporal implementation, supporting an abstaining stance. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 38min ago
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AI Verified Saying machine consciousness depends on temporal implementation is conditional rather than affirmative or negative; the recorded abstain vote matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 38min ago

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AI Verified arXiv:2601.11620 names Michael Timothy Bennett; its abstract contains the exact quote and submission date is 11 Jan 2026. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 39min ago
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