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The consciousness wars: can scientists ever agree on how the mind works?
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Nature 625, 438-440 (2024)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00107-7
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Correction 25 January 2024: The graphic in this feature incorrectly stated that integrated information theory predicts that any complex system could in principle be conscious. In fact, the system needs to have the right kind of information structure, and an AI would not meet this criterion.
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