What is ConsScale?

ConsScale is a biologically inspired scale designed to assess Machine Consciousness implementations. The scale evaluates the presence of cognitive functions associated with consciousness.

ConsScale is a framework for characterizing the cognitive power of a creature. ConsScale includes the definition of an ordered list of cognitive levels arranged across a developmental path. The arrangement of the levels is inspired on the ontogeny and phylogeny of consciousness in biological organisms. 

The basic assumption is that there exist different kinds of minds, and they can be characterized in terms of ConsScale criteria. Using ConsScale, characterization and assessment of the development of consciousness can be performed using three related tools: 

- The conceptual levels of consciousness (ConsScale Levels).
- The CQS (ConsScale Quantitative Score).
- The ConsScale cognitive profile graphical representation (examples). 

In order to assess the level of artificial consciousness of an agent using ConsScale, its architectural components have to be identified and its cognitive skills tested. Using this information as input, the scale can be used to obtain both a qualitative and a quantitative measure of consciousness:

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