Personally I always like reading "no general-purpose computing, no software, no models, no programming"... I will put this on my list to read. It looks like a lot of work.
On 6/17/22, Greg Staskowski <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll see your new chip and raise you Intel and NUfab at Northwestern and ok > fine you've got an argument but an epistemological argument for > consciousness? > > What does that have to do with quantum biophysics or actual real wetware > neurons? > > I don't think a "theory of consciousness" is possible. It's a "mu" problem. > > The universe is saying "unask the question." My arrogant opinion. > > Greg > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 2:09 AM Colin Hales <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> This is to let you know of the arrival of this publication: >> >> Hales, C.G., and Ericson, M.L. (2022). Electromagnetism’s Bridge Across >> the Explanatory Gap: How a Neuroscience/Physics Collaboration delivers >> Explanation into all Theories of Consciousness. Frontiers in Human >> Neuroscience 16. >> https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2022.836046/full >> >> https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2022.836046/full#supplementary-material >> >> >> This is the full and final argument. >> >> Note that on page 9 there is a brief discussion of a new kind of chip. >> That is the one I am building at unimelb. AGI because it can't be >> anything >> else. Actual artificial neurons (no general-purpose computing, no >> software, >> no models, no programming). Bottom line line: put the signalling physics >> of >> the brain in in natural form, naturally interacting, naturally adapting >> on >> the chips, NOT the physics of a general purpose computer. >> >> The abstract is below. Overall: >> 1) all theories of consciousness are actually EM field theories. >> 2) bringing explanation of the 1st person perspective requires an >> epistemic upgrade to the standard model of particle physics. >> >> Turns out that to properly cover all the bases needed 22 pages and an 8 >> page supplementary. Sorry about that. >> >> Interesting times. >> >> cheers, >> Colin >> >> >> A productive, informative three decades of correlates of phenomenal >> consciousness (P-Consciousness) have delivered valuable knowledge while >> simultaneously locating us in a unique and unprecedented explanatory >> cul-de-sac. Observational correlates are demonstrated to be intrinsically >> very unlikely to explain or lead to a fundamental principle underlying >> the >> strongly emergent 1st-person-perspective (1PP) invisibly stowed away >> inside >> them. That lack is now solidly evidenced in practice. To escape our >> explanatory impasse, this article focuses on fundamental physics (the >> standard model of particle physics), which brings to light a foundational >> argument for how the brain is an essentially electromagnetic (EM) field >> object from the atomic level up. That is, our multitude of correlates of >> P-Consciousness are actually descriptions of specific EM field behaviors >> that are posed (hypothesized) as “the right” correlate by a particular >> theory of consciousness. Because of this, our 30 years of empirical >> progress can be reinterpreted as, in effect, the delivery of a large body >> of evidence that the standard model’s EM quadrant can deliver a 1PP. That >> is, all theories of consciousness are, in the end, merely recipes that >> select a particular subset of the totality of EM field expression that is >> brain tissue. With a universal convergence on EM, the science of >> P-Consciousness becomes a collaborative effort between neuroscience and >> physics. The collaboration acts in pursuit of a unified explanation >> applicable to all theories of consciousness while remaining mindful that >> the process still contains no real explanation as to why or how EM fields >> deliver a 1PP. The apparent continued lack of explanation is, however, >> different: this time, the way forward is opened through its direct >> connection to fundamental physics. This is the first result (Part I). >> Part >> II posits, in general terms, a structural (epistemic) add-on/upgrade to >> the >> standard model that has the potential to deliver the missing route to an >> explanation of how subjectivity is delivered through EM fields. The >> revised >> standard model, under the neuroscience/physics collaboration, intimately >> integrates with the existing “correlates of-” paradigm, which acts as its >> source of empirical evidence. 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