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Audio long read: How to detect consciousness in people, animals and maybe even AI

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Exploring Consciousness: From Humans to AI

This chapter examines the complexities of detecting consciousness in humans and animals, emphasizing the Perturbational Complexity Index as a key measurement for assessing sentience. It further investigates the implications for animal welfare and the challenges of establishing criteria for both biological and artificial consciousness.

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