> From: J Storrs Hall, PhD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > read http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/dvm/papers/conscioushb.pdf >
You can come up with different models of consciousness. And the more models that you think up, more variables creep into the equation. So you have to fight to keep ones out that will make it unnecessarily complicated. But there are a few that arranged in such way make a model more than just appear conscious. It'd be nice if there was a way where if you have a dynamical enough system that would allow consciousness to define itself and arrange itself towards that as in a self organizing map contorting itself towards minimized energy structure. Doesn't say much about the relationship between consciousness and intelligence at a fundamental level. To be conscious the agent requires some intelligence and the consciousness itself may amplify intelligence and encourage attempts at fulfillment of goal achievement. A very conscious being may be a total idiot if the consciousness structure is weighted towards high sensory bandwidth/interaction and elaborate episodic memory modeling without much else. I think though that there has to be a uniquely physical component of human consciousness, quantum or whatever and getting that built in software might be tough. If it is physical, standard silicon won't work. But that's probably just a minor part of human consciousness and with software you can create consciousness models that the brain can't do since much of the brain is hardwired. I guess the work is minimizing the number of consciences models and variables and then actually coding one up. I see consciousness at this point being much simpler than general intelligence. Not much use without the intelligence; maybe there is a way to have the consciousness do the work to get the intelligence, to build it. Build the conscious agent and say your goal is to go out and build intelligence. In a reasonable time that is... John ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=103754539-40ed26 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
