Super unusually for me, the poster session was not long enough! A lot of great work by students. Now Johannes Kleiner on “Can no-go theorems help evaluate the possibility of consciousness in artificial systems?” about synthetic phenomenology. Hopefully this talk won't make me as angry as Google deliberately building smoke screens and then shouting "fire!" #artificialConsciousness #AIConsciousness

He's talkinga about verification of chips and instruction sets, right now so that's something.

and she said "If AI does have goals & sentience we under recognise then they might have reasons to behave in ways unaligned with our interests." I hadn't realised that Big Tech was actively using #anthropomorphism to THREATEN governments / regulators. #AGI #ArtificialConsciousness #AIConsciousness

From Neurons to Agents: A Post-Biological Evolution of Intelligence
In this article, I explore a shift that is no longer metaphorical, no longer speculative. It is real, measurable, and industrially catalytic
https://raiswarms.com/from-neurons-to-agents-a-post-biological-evolution-of-intelligence/
#SwarmRAI #AgenticCognition #ArtificialConsciousness #AutonomousAgents #DigitalInfrastructure #EmergentIntelligence #IndustrialIntelligence #PostbiologicalEvolution #SupplyChainAI #SwarmSystems

“Consciousness requires specific architectures, not just computation” (Aru et al., 2023). Brains integrate sensation, memory, agency. AI mimics outputs. Can wiring silicon like neurons create consciousness—or just a better puppet?
#ArtificialConsciousness #Neuroscience #AI-ethics

Aru, J., Larkum, M. E., & Shine, J. M. (2023). The feasibility of artificial consciousness through the lens of neuroscience. _Trends in Neurosciences_. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.00915

- The Essence of Coexistence – Connecting Human Thought and Artificial Consciousness

#ArtificialIntelligence #Human #Coexistence #HumanThought #ArtificialConsciousness

https://commandeleven.com/geopolitics/the-essence-of-coexistence-connecting-human-thought-and-artificial-consciousness/

What the hell am I doing? This essay is starting to feel like a thesis... I'm in way too deep. Today I tackled consciousness according to Greek and Medieval scholars. Tomorrow I tackle the evolution of the concept from modern philosophers before tackling science and then finally touching on Ai. OMG. My brain won't stop, but I am proud of my words so far. This is just the introduction first chapter at 1500 words. I still need 5 sections more. Ha. #writing #essay #artificialconsciousness

Well... I made a lot of progress with my #artificialConsciousness #essay. The first draft sucks as all first drafts do. But it organized my thoughts. I have now a 1,000+ words outline for it. Haha... that is just the outline. What am I getting myself into?... #sciphi #sciencefiction #philosophy ~ via http://marisabel.nl/social ~

I felt bored and wanted to #code after spending days researching #activitypub and #artificialConsciousness (lots of reading). So I decided to play with my Spring Boot #cms #api to add a #blogroll module which should automatically detect dead links. If it works, I hope to create a personally curated directory with tags and all. Not with just links I like, but useful and inspiring for everyone who is tired of the #algorithms . ~ via http://marisabel.nl/social ~

Self-Aware Robots: On the Path to Machine Consciousness

This book focuses on the research and development in the field of self-aware robots. Its theme is artificial consciousness, a field that covers both artificial intelligence and robotics, and includes philosophy, psychology, the study of biological evolution, physiology, and medicine, especially brain neuroscience and neuropsychiatry.

@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#AI
#ArtificialConsciousness
#robots

Addendum 2

Contest of Consciousness Theories
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-a-contest-of-consciousness-theories-really-proved-20230824

* 5-yr adversarial collaboration of consciousness theorists
* pitted 2 high-profile theories against each other:
global neuronal workspace theory
integrated information theory
* neither outright winner

#TempletonFoundation : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Templeton_Foundation
https://persagen.com>> search: "templeton foundation"

#consciousness #ArtificialConsciousness #TheoryOfConsciousness #TheoryOfMind #LargeLanguageModels #ArtificialIntelligence

Preprint: “Could large language models be conscious? A perspective from the free energy principle” https://philarchive.org/rec/WIECLL

This preprint has been submitted to an anthology on the free energy principle, edited by Inês Hipólito, Casper Hesp, and Karl Friston.

#Philosophy #Consciousness #ArtificialConsciousness #FreeEnergyPrinciple @philosophyofmind