Informational Models of the Phenomenon of Consciousness and the Mechanistic Project
Exploring informational models of consciousness, their methodological contributions, and limitations in guiding mechanistic research. Critiques panpsychist interpretations and discusses quantitative recharacterizations.
A Categorical Formulation of Predictive Processing and Active Inference
Categorical formulation of Predictive Processing and Active Inference using string diagrams, clarifying key concepts and enabling comparison with Integrated Information Theory.
Insights from the Conscious Turing Machine - A Machine Model for Consciousness
Explores puzzling phenomena of consciousness using the Conscious Turing Machine model, including pain's impact on sleep, experiences vs. simulations, illusions, dreams, and free will.
Information Structures and Consciousness
Exploring brain dynamics through evolving informational structures, linking to consciousness theories and providing insights into disorders of consciousness with high-precision classification.
Brainish - Formalizing a Multimodal Language for Intelligence and Consciousness
Explores Brainish, a multimodal language for AI consciousness, building on the Conscious Turing Machine. Discusses its syntax, semantics, and implementation for advancing machine intelligence and consciousness models.
Quality Spaces - How to Represent Consciousness Mathematically
Explore mathematical representation of consciousness through Quality Spaces theory, examining methodology, pros and cons, and potential improvements for a comprehensive understanding of qualitative properties.
Mathematical Phenomenology, from Subjectivity to Objectivity Through Mathematical Invariants
Explore mathematical phenomenology's role in consciousness studies, examining how objectivity emerges from subjectivity using category theory and mathematical invariants.
Insights from the Conscious Turing Machine - A Machine Model for Consciousness
Explore a substrate-independent model of consciousness inspired by Turing's computation model and Baars' Global Workspace theory, offering insights into conscious experiences across animals and machines.
On the Link Between Conscious Function and General Intelligence in Humans and Machines
Exploring the connection between consciousness and intelligence in humans and AI, examining theories and proposing a unified model for developing more advanced artificial agents.
Consciousness Meets AI for a New Paradigm
Exploring connections between consciousness and AI, combining theories like Global Workspace Theory with deep learning to develop a new paradigm for general-purpose intelligence and brain-to-brain communication.
Does Consciousness Emerge?
Explore the concept of emergence in consciousness theories, examining its meanings, applications, and implications for understanding the nature of consciousness.
Gnomonic Projection from Objective Flat 3-Space to Subjective Hemi-3-Sphere
Explores a novel model of visual perception using gnomonic projection to map objective 3D space onto a curved subjective space, explaining phenomena like foreshortening and straight line perception.
Towards an NP-Hard Model of Consciousness
Exploring computational complexity of consciousness, analyzing arguments for non-computability, and proposing conditions for implementable conscious systems in artificial intelligence.
Conscious Dynamic Polytopes and Physical Interfaces
Exploring conscious agent theory, polytope dynamics, and their connection to particle physics, offering insights into the mind-body problem and emergence of spacetime.
Fusing Agents and Qualia - A Formal Solution to the Combination Problem
Explores a formal theory of consciousness, proposing that agent interactions create complex structures and fuse subjects and qualia, with spacetime as an interface for these interactions.
Model Unity and the Unity of Consciousness
Explores model unity in consciousness research, examining mathematical formulations and experimental results to understand phenomenal unity and its implications for unified experiences.
Cortex-Like Systems via Range-Dependent Networks of K-Dimensional Clocks
Explore a novel model of human cortex using range-dependent networks of phase-resetting clocks, offering insights into consciousness and cognitive processing with simplified simulations.
On the Degrees of Freedom Worth Having - Psychedelics and Free Will
Explore the intersection of psychedelics, free will, and consciousness. Discover how serotonergic pathways may influence volitional capacities and adaptive flexibility in human cognition and behavior.
Geometry of World Model Influences Behaviors - Exact Results for Curiosity-Based Exploration
Explores how the geometry of internal world models affects behavior, focusing on the Projective Consciousness Model and its implications for understanding consciousness and designing social robots.
To What Extent Are Machines Conscious?
Exploring machine consciousness: challenges, theories, and implications. Analyzes information, computation, and phenomenal experience in AI, discussing strong vs. weak machine consciousness and their achievability.
The Creativity Code - AI - Friend or Foe?
Explore the intersection of AI, creativity, and consciousness with Oxford professor Marcus du Sautoy. Delve into the potential of machines to think, create, and impact our future in this thought-provoking talk.