September 28, 2026
Shamil Chandaria, Arvo Muñoz Morán, Fernando E. Rosas et al.
The question of AI consciousness is one of the most urgent pre-emptive problems in philosophy and computer science, yet progress is hampered by a cacophony of competing theories that often talk past each other. Separating the hard problem from the mapping problem allows the deepest metaphysical disagreements to be set aside: granting that experience supervenes on a system's organisation, the...
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
May 29, 2019
N. Shea, C. Frith
The two leading cognitive accounts of consciousness currently available concern global workspace (a form of working memory) and metacognition. There is relatively little interaction between these two approaches and it has even been suggested that the two accounts are rival and separable alternatives. Here, we argue that the successful function of a global workspace critically requires that the...
Nature Human Behaviour
February 1, 2019
M. Michel, Diane M Beck, Ned Block et al.
Scientific research on consciousness is critical to multiple scientific, clinical, and ethical issues. The growth of the field could also be beneficial to several areas including neurology and mental health research. To achieve this goal, we need to set funding priorities carefully and address problems such as job creation and potential media misrepresentation.
Neural Computation
September 11, 2017
Karl Friston, Marco Lin, C. Frith et al.
This article offers a formal account of curiosity and insight in terms of active (Bayesian) inference. It deals with the dual problem of inferring states of the world and learning its statistical structure. In contrast to current trends in machine learning (e.g., deep learning), we focus on how people attain insight and understanding using just a handful of observations, which are solicited...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
April 25, 2013
Rick A. Adams, K. Stephan, Harriet R. Brown et al.
This paper considers psychotic symptoms in terms of false inferences or beliefs. It is based on the notion that the brain is an inference machine that actively constructs hypotheses to explain or predict its sensations. This perspective provides a normative (Bayes-optimal) account of action and perception that emphasizes probabilistic representations; in particular, the confidence or precision...
December 13, 2007
Geraint Rees, C. Frith
This chapter contains section titled: Preliminaries Behavioral Correlates of Unconscious Processing Neural Correlates of Unconscious Processing Neural Correlates of Conscious Processing Necessary and Sufficient Neural Processes? Conclusions