If solved
Consciousness test
A validated measurement tells whether a patient, an animal or an AI system has subjective experience.
Open in the interactive tree →Once a theory of consciousness is tested and accepted, a measuring method based on it could replace guesses at the bedside and in ethics debates.
What it brings
- Diagnosing awareness in unresponsive patients
- Evidence-based animal welfare rules
- Rules for the treatment of AI systems
Prerequisites
- Magnetic brain stimulation1985A magnetic pulse plus EEG is the leading method for measuring consciousness without speech
- Consciousnessopen