Current scientific and philosophical literature indicates that artificial intelligence systems do not possess genuine consciousness, lacking the fundamental architectural properties and subjective reality required for sentience.
The claim asserts that artificial intelligence can achieve genuine sentience and consciousness. Paper [1] explicitly states that AI today lacks the necessary components for consciousness and highlights the gap between behavioral competence and phenomenal experience. Paper [0] discusses the immense theoretical difficulties and lack of clear implementation methods for achieving this. No papers present evidence that AI has achieved genuine sentience, leading to a verdict of REFUTED based on the available sources.