ABOUT
We investigate how artificial conscious systems could be constructed, and what it would mean to succeed.
MC0001 is the first coordinated conference dedicated to investigating how artificial conscious systems could be constructed under a computational paradigm, and what it would mean to succeed.
[WHY THIS MOMENT MATTERS]
As AI systems become increasingly autonomous and internally complex, the question is no longer whether consciousness should be studied, but whether we will be able to study it rigorously and responsibly.
Large-scale cognitive architectures, mechanistic interpretability, and new formal frameworks have made machine consciousness research newly tractable.
The goal is a principled understanding of consciousness that holds across substrates.
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What is phenomenal consciousness, formally and functionally?
How can conscious architectures be built and experimentally tested?
What follows if systems become conscious — and how should we prepare?
How do we make artificial consciousness and its implications legible to society?
Machine consciousness is both a technical question and a cultural threshold.
MC0001 will include curated artistic and experiential elements: AI art, installations, shared dinners, and evening programming designed to extend the conversation beyond formal sessions.
These are not add-ons but part of the enquiry. Understanding artificial consciousness requires engaging with formal models and architectures, but it also requires gestalt-perception, aesthetics, and the ongoing systematic introspection of our own rich and multifaceted phenomenal experience.
Participation is invitation- and application-only to ensure depth and alignment.
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