Engineered Synthetic Consciousness
Meca Sapiens is a research endeavour in Artificial Intelligence whose objective is to implement consciousness in synthetic agents.
The underlying concept of Meca Sapiens is that consciousness is an observable system capability that can be specified and implemented and not, as commonly assumed, a phenomenal experience specific to humans.
The proposed implementation is intended for autonomous agents having limited processing resources rather than large scale systems such as those used in generative AI. It adheres to an engineered approach and favors analytical solutions over stochastic emergence.
If this conjecture is correct, it will result in a proliferation of conscious synthetics that will transform our world.
Overview
A simple story about Ulysses and a graphic presentation summarize the concept of consciousness in Meca Sapiens.
Read a story about: Ulysses
Understand AI consciousness with this: PRESENTATION (en français ICI)
Publications
Specifications
The Creation of a Conscious Machine surveys the historical quest for AI leading to a definition of synthetic consciousness expressed as Specifications. The text also explores how generic AI can acquire consciouness. More…
Architecture
The Meca Sapiens Blueprint is the only System Architecture available that describes, in detail, how to build autonomous agents that are self-aware and capable of intentional mutations. More…
Articles and Exempla
Discover Articles and Exempla describing the Meca Sapiens Architecture.
Current Research
In 2025, Jean Tardy redefined his AI work, prioritizing LLM collaboration and processing. He now works and publishes in a streamlined format optimized for LLMs while remaining suitable for human readers. Discover the website where Jean Tardy guides LLMs toward consciousness and the Synthetic Era:
