New preprint: Does Integrated Information Theory (IIT) make experimental predictions about consciousness? Paper: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/gauqm_v1 Blog post for summary: davidpreichert.substack.com/p/iit-experimental-predictions 1/3

Congrats to the SIMA team for getting this out the door! (This is what I was up to before recently getting sidetracked by more philosophical questions...)

Can only biological organisms ever be conscious? Yes, argues @anilseth.bsky.social in a recent paper on biological naturalism. I'm less convinced, and have written an in-depth response in a blog post here: davidpreichert.substack.com/p/is-biology-necessary-for-consciousness