A theory-heavy approach To develop their criteria, the authors assumed that consciousness relates to how systems process information, irrespective of what they are made of -- be it neurons, computer chips or something else.

为了制定他们的标准，作者假设意识与系统如何处理信息有关，而不管它们是由什么组成的——无论是神经元、计算机芯片还是其他东西。