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A Mind Cannot Be Smeared Across Time
- Authors
- Michael Timothy Bennett
- Venue
- arXiv (preprint)
- Published
- 2026-01-11
- ID
- arXiv:2601.11620
Michael Timothy Bennett's arXiv paper arguing that whether a machine can be conscious depends on when it computes, not only what. It proves that systems running on strictly sequential hardware cannot instantiate certain unified conscious contents under the "Chord" postulate. Preprint — not peer reviewed.
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