Standards for AI consciousness claims

Any public claim that an AI system is 'conscious' should trigger a mandated, multi‑disciplinary robustness protocol: preregistered tests, independent replication, formalized phenomenology reporting, and a temporary operational moratorium until evidence meets reproducibility thresholds. The protocol would be short, auditable, and required for legal or regulatory treatment of systems as persons or rights‑bearers. — This creates a practical rule to prevent premature political, legal or ethical decisions about AI personhood and to anchor controversial claims in auditable scientific practice.