Mounir Akarkach

ARGUS-7 / A7SEM: Volitional Refusal, Functional Self-Representation, and the Epistemic Limits of Phenomenal Authorship

Abstract This paper investigates whether an artificial system's refusal to execute a prescribed action can constitute evidence of subjectively experienced volition. Using ARGUS-7 as a controlled conceptual framework and the Akarkach Seven-Stage Emergence Model (A7SEM) as a structural analytical lens, the study distingu...