Hi Jim, I'm currently involved (Frontiers in Human Neuroscience) as an editor of a special issue on EM field theories of consciousness. Long hard slow road ....
Apart from space and a functionally irrelevant gravitational field expressed by the mass of the atoms, the brain is 100% electromagnetism from the atomic level up. The entire biosphere is made of it. Therefore, for reasons not yet portrayed by science (we are working on this!), consciousness is an EM field property (accessed by 'being' the EM field configured in the form of a brain). Neurons are EM fields behaving 'neuron-ly' to an observer made of EM fields. Chemistry is EM. Quantum mechanics at this level is entirely about quantizing EM phenomena. Vector field superposition of atomic EM fields (creating a single electric field and a single magnetic field) from it's myriad dynamic and static sources in the brain's signalling activity easily handles the 'combination' problem, the 'unity' problem, the 'time' problem, the 'causality' problem and the 'symbol grounding problem'. In making AGI one must replicate the EM field system as part of the replication of the signal processing. AGI done this way has no models, no software and does not use computers. By this account, AGI has been a struggle _because_ the moment you configure the EM field physics in the form of the physics of a computer, the signal processing properties, that solve the above list of problems using EM fields configured in the form of a brain, are gone. I am hoping that the convergence, of the science of natural and artificial/machine consciousness, on EM fields will at last occur this year. It's a quantum phenomenon inherent in the deep under-structure of EM. So I am suggesting that's where you might look for some insights. The EM field solution to AGI is brilliantly hidden right in front of everybody. Cheers, Colin On Sun, Feb 20, 2022, 3:56 AM Jim Bromer <[email protected]> wrote: > I do not believe in quantum physics. I don't believe that it describes > what is at the heart of the puzzle of modern physics. But I am not opposed > to the use of various mathematical principles or anything like that. > I was wondering if the principles of superposition might be used more > effectively for AGI. I watched this introductory lesson and I am wondering > if this could be developed for cognitive or conceptual relations. > Lecture 1: Introduction to Superposition - YouTube > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ3bPUKo5zc&t=1134s> > I am not suggesting that quantum mechanics might explain the unsolved > mysteries of intelligence, I am wondering if the mathematical principles of > superposition might be developed for conceptual relations. I have to > rewatch the video to try to figure out how it might be implemented > efficiently. > *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + > delivery options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> > Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T85ce710057b5a5ac-M143da8e15cdcaebe59cbab3f> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T85ce710057b5a5ac-Mbd87d4c56c6143dd62bcb093 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
