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Artificial agents may develop core consciousness by integrating self and world models, inspired by Damasio

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Area of Science:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Core consciousness, as theorized by Antonio Damasio, emerges from integrating self and world models.
  • These models are informed by emotions, feelings, and environmental representations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if artificial agents can develop preliminary self and world models.
  • To explore the potential for machine consciousness through reinforcement learning.

Main Methods:

  • Training an artificial agent using reinforcement learning (RL) in a virtual environment.
  • Utilizing feedforward classifiers to probe neural network activations.
  • Assessing the agent's ability to predict its own spatial position.

Main Results:

  • The artificial agent demonstrated the capacity to form rudimentary self and world models.
  • These models emerged as a byproduct of the agent's primary task of playing a video game.

Conclusions:

  • Artificial agents show potential for developing foundational aspects of consciousness.
  • This research offers insights into advancing artificial intelligence and machine consciousness.