Which Consciousness Can Be Artificialized? Local Percept-Perceiver Phenomenon for the Existence of Machine Consciousness
Artificial General Intelligence January 1, 2026 Shri Lal Raghudev Ram Singh
A new model called the local percept-perceiver phenomenon is introduced to formalize observations from neuroscientific theories of consciousness. Using this model, a set-theoretic formalism is developed for artificial systems, and the existence of machine consciousness is proved by invoking Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory. The article argues that a reductionist form of epistemic consciousness is possible within machines.