Come il cervello crea la nostra coscienza
Tutti gli animali umani allucinano sempre. ‘Ogni cosa nell’esperienza cosciente è una sorta di percezione e ogni percezione è un tipo di allucinazione controllata-o controllante’. E’ l’ipotes
https://www.perunaltracitta.org/homepage/2023/04/22/come-il-cervello-crea-la-nostra-coscienza/
#KillBilly #Rubriche #AnilSeth #comeilcervellocrealanostracoscienza #cosasiprovaadessereunpolpo? #coscienza #neuroscienzecognitive #predizioni #ThePerceptionCensus

My #BookReview of #BeingYou by #AnilSeth.

https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/comment/2239488501

An excellent, beautifully-written overview of competing theories of consciousness. Seth has the ability to summarize a set of arguments into a pithy, memorable turn of phrase. /1

At least #AnilSeth had the decency to say "Conscious machines MAY never be possible."

But why the mad rush to constantly downplay the stunning leaps in capacity of AI as "definitely not conscious?"

What property, other than information processing, do we think makes humans conscious?

I can't say for sure that machines WILL ever be conscious. But it's likely that they're headed in that direction.

"How will we detect machine consciousness?" Seems the better question.

https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-consciousness/

Today, two new experiences: wandering around this space, and being guided though ideas of human consciousness by #AnilSeth in #BeingYou