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Machine consciousness.

Igor Aleksander1

  • 1Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London SW7 2BT, UK. i.aleksander@imperial.ac.uk

Progress in Brain Research
|September 28, 2005
PubMed
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This review explores consciousness modeling, from functional approaches like global workspace theories to material models based on brain anatomy. Machine design offers computational language and methods for understanding consciousness.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Neuroscience
  • Artificial Intelligence

Background:

  • Current research on modeling consciousness spans functional and material approaches.
  • Functional models emphasize behavior and global workspace theories.
  • Material models focus on brain anatomy and biochemical processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review diverse approaches to modeling consciousness.
  • To explore the applications of functional and material models.
  • To discuss the implications of machine design for understanding consciousness.

Main Methods:

  • Review of laboratory work on consciousness modeling.
  • Analysis of functional models, including global workspace theories.
  • Examination of material models based on brain anatomy and biochemistry.

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Main Results:

  • Functional models applied to tasks like job-finding, aiming for indistinguishable human-machine interaction.
  • Material models explore attentional mechanisms and biochemical processes.
  • Development of functional schemas and axiomatic structures for computational consciousness.

Conclusions:

  • Studying consciousness via machine design yields a computational language for expressing consciousness.
  • Machine design provides computational methods for creating systems with flexible conscious representations.
  • Distinction between modeling phenomenology (synthetic phenomenology) and functional aspects is highlighted.