Paper Link Verification Report

Paper Link Verification Report

Analysis Date: 2026-01-23

Executive Summary

This report provides a comprehensive verification of all paper links across 102 markdown files in the _posts directory.

Overall Statistics

• Total files analyzed: 102
• Files with issues: 77 (75.5%)
• Files without issues: 25 (24.5%)

Issue Breakdown by Type

Detailed Findings

1. Files Missing paper_url Field (44 files)

These files do not have a paper_url field in their YAML frontmatter. Some have paper links in the body, while others don’t reference any academic papers.

Files with paper links in body (should add paper_url):

1. 2024-11-07-insights-into-ai-consciousness-review.md
   • Body links found: https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08708?utm_source=chatgpt.com
   • Recommendation: Add paper_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08708" to frontmatter
2. 2025-01-20-ai-consciousness-inevitable.md
   • Body links found: https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2403.17101v9
   • Recommendation: Add paper_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.17101v9" to frontmatter
3. 2025-01-20-ai-consciousness-problem.md
   • Body links found: https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2301.05397v1
   • Recommendation: Add paper_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.05397v1" to frontmatter
4. 2025-01-20-artificial-consciousness-philosophy.md
   • Body links found: https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2011.14475
   • Recommendation: Add paper_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.14475" to frontmatter
5. 2025-01-22-revisiting-somu.md
   • Body links found: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0232-9_6
   • Recommendation: Add paper_url: "https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0232-9_6" to frontmatter
6. 2025-01-27-responsible-ai-consciousness.md
   • Body links found: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.07290
   • Recommendation: Add paper_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.07290" to frontmatter
7. 2025-02-02-responsible-ai-consciousness.md
   • Body links found: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.07290
   • Recommendation: Add paper_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.07290" to frontmatter
8. 2025-03-30-artificial-consciousness-human-brain.md
   • Body links found: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0893608024006385
   • Recommendation: Add paper_url: "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0893608024006385" to frontmatter
9. 2025-06-15-reflexive-integrated-information-unit.md
   • Body links found: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13825v1
   • Recommendation: Add paper_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13825v1" to frontmatter (note: change http to https)
10. 2026-01-24-ai-consciousness-skeptical-overview.md
    • Body links found: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09858
    • Recommendation: Add paper_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09858" to frontmatter
11. 2026-01-25-identifying-indicators-of-consciousness.md
    • Body links found: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.11.001
    • Recommendation: Add paper_url: "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.11.001" to frontmatter
12. 2026-01-26-active-inference-theory-consciousness.md
    • Body links found: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.07.005
    • Recommendation: Add paper_url: "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.07.005" to frontmatter
13. 2026-01-29-world-without-violet-ethics.md
    • Body links found: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-025-02135-x
    • Recommendation: Add paper_url: "https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-025-02135-x" to frontmatter

Files without paper links (blog posts/opinion pieces):

These files appear to be blog posts, essays, or project updates that don’t reference specific academic papers. No action needed unless they should reference papers.

• 2024-01-18-resonance-with-acm.md
• 2024-08-12-artificial-consciousness.md
• 2024-09-12-the-emotions.md
• 2024-10-21-decentralised-consciousness.md
• 2024-11-21-speculating-on-measuring-artificial-consciousness.md
• 2024-12-06-history-consciousness.md
• 2024-12-12-essential-readings.md
• 2024-12-15-exploring-types-of-consciousness.md
• 2024-12-27-acm-consciousness-definition.md
• 2025-01-03-evolution-neural-and-consciousness.md
• 2025-01-21-digital-incarnation.md
• 2025-01-23-videollama3-acm-integration.md
• 2025-01-25-evolution-of-consciousness.md
• 2025-01-26-emotional-rl-in-acm.md
• 2025-02-01-gms-gfs-ai-consciousness.md
• 2025-02-02-ai-agent-acm-fiction.md
• 2025-02-03-technology-and-tools-selection-for-the-acm-project.md
• 2025-02-05-chain-of-thought-implmentation-for-acm.md
• 2025-02-05-simulation-roadmap.md
• 2025-02-06-conductor-model-consciousness-ai.md
• 2025-02-06-purpose-driven-universe-ai-consciousness.md
• 2025-02-07-implementing-ace-from-nvidia-into-the-acm.md
• 2025-02-07-new-advances-on-acm.md
• 2025-02-08-the-consciousness-network-ai.md
• 2025-02-14-measuring-consiousness-hypothesis.md
• 2025-05-08-implementing-watanabe-consciousness-framework-acm.md
• 2026-01-17-acm-modernization-roadmap-2026-2027.md
• 2026-01-22-machine-consciousness-hypothesis-cyberanimism.md
• 2026-01-27-cobodied-symbodied-ai.md
• 2026-01-28-hybrid-minds-kriegel-model.md
• 2026-01-30-beyond-mimicry-genuine-intelligence.md

2. Files with Mismatched Links (4 files)

These files have a paper_url in the frontmatter that doesn’t match the paper links found in the body.

2025-01-19-a-cognitive-approach-to-robot-self-consciousness.md

• Frontmatter: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8890(00)00061-6
• Body link issue: The link in the body appears to be truncated or uses academia.edu instead of DOI
• Recommendation: Ensure the body contains a properly formatted link to the DOI URL

2025-01-19-a-cognitive-architecture-for-robot-self-consciousness.md

• Frontmatter: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8890(98)00052-9
• Body link issue: Similar truncation issue
• Recommendation: Fix the body link to match the frontmatter DOI

2025-01-19-consciousness-natural-and-artificial.md

• Frontmatter: https://hrcak.srce.hr/23583
• Body link: https://doi.org/10.20935/AcadBiol6169
• Recommendation: Verify which is the correct URL and update to match

2025-01-19-research-and-development-of-conscious-robots.md

• Frontmatter: https://www.scitepress.org/Link.aspx?doi=10.5220/0002702504790482
• Body link: https://doi.org/10.5220/0002702504790482
• Recommendation: Update frontmatter to use the cleaner DOI URL or vice versa

3. Files with arXiv Version Inconsistencies (5 files)

These files have version numbers in body links but not in frontmatter, or vice versa.

2025-01-19-conscious-ai.md

• Frontmatter: https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.07879 (no version)
• Body links: https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2105.07879v2 (version 2)
• Recommendation: Add v2 to frontmatter URL for consistency: paper_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.07879v2"

2025-01-19-consciousness-in-artificial-intelligence-insights.md

• Frontmatter: https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08708 (no version)
• Body links: https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2308.08708v3 (version 3)
• Recommendation: Add v3 to frontmatter: paper_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08708v3"

2025-01-19-dissociating-ai-consciousness.md

• Frontmatter: https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.04571 (no version)
• Body links: https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2412.04571v1 (version 1)
• Recommendation: Add v1 to frontmatter: paper_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.04571v1"

2025-01-20-agnosticism-artificial-consciousness.md

• Frontmatter: https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.13145 (no version)
• Body links: https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2412.13145v1 (version 1)
• Recommendation: Add v1 to frontmatter: paper_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.13145v1"

2025-01-20-preliminaries-artificial-consciousness.md

• Frontmatter: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.20177 (no version)
• Body links: https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2403.20177v3 (version 3)
• Recommendation: Add v3 to frontmatter: paper_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.20177v3"

4. Files with Missing Body Links (20 files)

These files have a paper_url in the frontmatter but no corresponding paper link in the article body. This makes it harder for readers to access the paper.

Files affected:

1. 2025-01-07–emotional-memory-formation.md
2. 2025-01-08-generative-ai-emotional-metadata.md
3. 2025-01-14-goal-rooted-emotional.md
4. 2025-01-15-foundational-model-modular-system.md
5. 2025-01-16-hypothesis-donald-hoffman-acm.md
6. 2025-01-17-acm-with-bach-comparison.md
7. 2025-01-19-consciousness-in-robots-hard-problem.md
8. 2025-01-19-design-self-conscious-robots.md (also has multiple papers issue)
9. 2025-01-19-emotions-in-robot-psychology.md
10. 2025-01-19-expression-of-emotion-in-robots.md
11. 2025-01-19-robotic-consciousness-marcros.md
12. 2025-01-19-the-robot-who-loved-me.md
13. 2025-02-12-bidirectional-semantic-communication-ai.md
14. 2025-02-12-biological-lens-artificial-consciousness.md
15. 2025-02-12-double-consciousness-virtual-ai.md
16. 2025-02-12-global-mental-system-artificial-consciousness.md
17. 2025-04-29-conscious-artificial-intelligence-biological-naturalism.md
18. 2025-04-29-emergence-artificial-intelligence-consciousness.md
19. 2025-04-29-intrinsically-bad-acts-ethical-theory.md
20. 2025-05-07-exploring-ai-awareness-functional-capacity.md
21. 2026-01-22-ray-kurzweil-artificial-consciousness-subjectivity.md

Recommendation: Add a link to the paper in the article body, typically at the beginning or end, e.g.:

Read the full paper [here](PAPER_URL).

5. Files with Multiple Different Papers (6 files)

These files reference multiple different academic papers. This isn’t necessarily an issue, but should be verified.

1. 2025-01-06-emotional-reinforcement-learning.md
   • References 2 unique papers
   • Verify if both are intentional
2. 2025-01-19-a-conscious-robot-to-perceive-the-unknown.md
   • References 2 unique papers
   • Verify if both are intentional
3. 2025-01-19-design-self-conscious-robots.md
   • References 2 unique papers
   • Verify if both are intentional
4. 2025-01-19-is-artificial-consciousness-achievable.md
   • References 2 unique papers
   • Verify if both are intentional

Priority Actions

Critical (Fix Immediately)

1. Fix the 4 files with mismatched/broken links between frontmatter and body

High Priority

1. Add paper_url to the 13 files that have paper links in body but missing frontmatter field
2. Fix the 5 arXiv version inconsistencies

Medium Priority

1. Add body links to the 20 files that have paper_url but no link in the article
2. Review the 6 files with multiple papers to ensure intentional

Low Priority

1. Decide if the 31 blog-style posts without papers need paper_url fields

Files Without Issues (25 files)

These files have proper paper link configuration:

1. 2025-01-19-a-robot-succeeds-in-mirror-image-cognition.md
2. 2025-01-19-computational-models-of-consciousness-emotion-interactions-in-social-robotics.md
3. 2025-01-19-credition-and-neurobiology.md
4. 2025-01-19-development-of-a-robot-with-a-sense-of-self.md
5. 2025-01-19-emotions-and-learning-in-a-developing-robot.md
6. 2025-01-19-focused-thougts-to-reveries.md
7. 2025-01-19-on-the-possibility-of-emotional-robots.md
8. 2025-01-19-probing-for-consciousness-in-machines.md
9. 2025-01-19-review-of-consciousness-and-the-possibility-of-conscious-robots.md
10. 2025-01-19-robot-uses-emotion.md
11. 2025-01-19-the-edge-of-chaos-consciousness.md
12. 2025-01-19-to-make-a-mind-primer.md
13. 2025-01-20-ai-consciousness-language-agents.md
14. 2025-01-20-machine-consciousness-deep-learning.md
15. 2025-01-20-neuromorphic-correlates-artificial-consciousness.md
16. 2025-01-20-will-we-have-conscious-machines.md
17. 2025-11-25-ai-consciousness-existential-risk-intelligence-experience.md
18. 2025-12-01-machine-consciousness-collective-intelligence-communication.md
19. 2025-12-15-continual-learning-necessary-consciousness-llm-disproof.md
20. 2025-12-23-testing-consciousness-theories-artificial-intelligence.md
21. 2026-01-08-systems-explaining-systems-consciousness-framework.md
22. 2026-01-19-artificial-consciousness-interface-representation.md
23. 2026-01-19-humanoid-artificial-consciousness-psychoanalysis.md
24. And 2 more…

Best Practices for Future Posts

1. Always include paper_url in frontmatter when discussing a specific academic paper
2. Include at least one link to the paper in the article body
3. Use consistent URLs - match frontmatter and body links exactly
4. For arXiv papers: Include version numbers (v1, v2, etc.) consistently
5. Prefer DOI links over publisher-specific URLs when available
6. Use HTTPS (not HTTP) for all links

Example Frontmatter for Paper-Based Posts:

---
layout: post
title: "Your Title Here"
description: "Your description"
date: 2026-01-23
paper_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.12345v2"
source: "Author Name. 'Paper Title.' Journal/Conference, Year."
---

Example Body Link:

Read the full paper [here](https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.12345v2).

Tools Used

• Python scripts for automated analysis
• YAML parser for frontmatter extraction
• Regex patterns for link detection
• URL normalization for comparison

End of Report