Jim Davies

2 papers in the library · publishing 2022-2023

Papers

Vividness as the similarity between generated imagery and an internal model.

Brain and Cognition July 1, 2023 Sean N Riley, Jim Davies

Vividness in visual mental imagery is less studied than imagery's format or neural basis. The authors propose re-framing vividness not as closeness to perception, but as closeness to an internal model: the more generated imagery matches this model, the more vivid it is. This perspective may reconcile conflicting findings on visual cortex activation during imagery. The paper examines this view alongside existing neuroscientific, psychological, and philosophical research and outlines future research directions.

DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2023.105988 Full text Aphantasia Hyperphantasia Mental imagery Qualia +1

Consciousness, Machines, and Ethics

Proceedings September 22, 2022 Jim Davies

The field of consciousness lacks consensus on whether machines and software can be conscious, but the possibility carries dramatic ethical implications under any ethical framework. The best course of action would be to avoid creating conscious machines until the issue is better understood, though understanding machine consciousness without building it might not be possible.

DOI: 10.3390/proceedings2022081040 Full text Consciousness Artificial intelligence Artificial general intelligence Artificial superintelligence +1