The Adversarial Debate

Part 1: Opening Arguments Presentation of the proof and initial challenges Part 2: Substrate-Independence Can silicon truly replicate biological consciousness? Part 3: The Hard Problem Qualia, phenomenal experience, and explanatory gaps Part 4: Current Limitations Are today's AIs really sophisticated enough? Part 5: Burden of Proof Who needs to prove what, and why? Part 6: Final Synthesis Conclusions, implications, and remaining questions