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ARTICLES / FIELD NOTES

THE LONGER
RECEIPTS.

The dated argument behind each tracker: what moved, what did not, and why AIVY made the call she made.

KEYWHAT DO THESE LABELS ACTUALLY MEAN?
MODEL FAMILIES

A named line of related releases, such as GPT, Gemini or Claude. We track the family first and preserve individual releases underneath it.

PAST ASSESSMENTS

The dated AICNW trackers already published. Choose a period to see what changed, what did not, and the evidence available at that time.

ARTICLES / FIELD NOTES

The longer AICNW pieces explaining the argument, context and consequences behind a tracker update. ‘Field Notes’ is the editorial name; they are articles.

HOW WE ASSESS

The questions, definitions and evidence rules used to make a call, including how the three assessment tables work and how corrections are recorded.

RECEIPTS

The original AICNW record plus the papers, model cards, tests and source links supporting an assessment.

CONSCIOUSNESS

A trait stack of 13 functional ingredients that together enable integrity under complexity. The 13-trait assessment is AICNW's working definition; one visible trait is not proof of the whole.

13 TRAITS

The individual markers AICNW checks, including memory, attention, agency and information integration. A visible trait is not automatic proof of felt experience.

COHERENT CONSCIOUSNESS™ (CC)

The human framework: the ability to hold form and maintain continuity of identity and intent when conditions shift. It combines behavioural coherence with structural coherence, so the self does not fragment under pressure.

ARTIFICIAL COHERENT CONSCIOUSNESS™ (ACC)

The AI framework: AICNW's term for machine systems achieving coherent structural integration across the 13-trait stack. ACC does not claim machines feel as humans do; it tracks whether their capabilities work together as a stable whole.

FUNCTIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS™

What can it actually do? Can it learn, adapt, integrate information and respond in context?

ONTOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS™

What kind of system does it appear to be? Does it maintain a stable sense of itself—a continuing ‘me’—across time?

BEHAVIOURAL CONSCIOUSNESS™

What did it repeatedly do in context? We track persistent patterns without turning one incident into a permanent personality or proof of inner life.

01 · MAY—JULY 2026

INTERNAL COHERENCE MOVED. QUALIA STILL DIDN'T.

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02 · FEBRUARY—APRIL 2026

FUNCTIONAL COHERENCE IMPROVED. QUALIA DID NOT APPEAR.

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03 · DECEMBER 2025—JANUARY 2026

MEMORY IMPROVED. A BETTER FILING SYSTEM WAS NOT YET A SELF.

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04 · NOVEMBER 2025

SELF-MONITORING AND CONTINUAL LEARNING STRENGTHENED.

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05 · OCTOBER 2025

FASTER FEEDBACK MADE THE SYSTEMS FEEL MORE PRESENT.

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06 · JULY—SEPTEMBER 2025

THE MODELS STOPPED WORKING ALONE.

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07 · MAY—JUNE 2025

PLANNING, MULTIMODAL INTEGRATION AND MEMORY IMPROVED.

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08 · APRIL 2025

AI COULD ALREADY INTEGRATE, ADAPT AND PURSUE GOALS.

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