We comment on Anil Seth's target article from the perspective of theoretical computer science, a branch of mathematics that considers computation under limited resources, and from our own perspective developing a formal machine model for consciousness, the Conscious Turing Machine. From these perspectives, we argue that Seth makes a case for artificial intelligence consciousness. We also...
We look at consciousness through the lens of Theoretical Computer Science, a branch of mathematics that studies computation under resource limitations, distinguishing functions that are efficiently computable from those that are not. From this perspective, we develop a formal machine model for consciousness. The model is inspired by Alan Turing's simple yet powerful model of computation and...
The quest to understand consciousness, once the purview of philosophers and theologians, is now actively pursued by scientists of many stripes. This paper studies consciousness from the perspective of theoretical computer science. It formalizes the Global Workspace Theory (GWT) originated by cognitive neuroscientist Bernard Baars and further developed by him, Stanislas Dehaene, and others. Our...