Metacognition and Machines: Exploring AI’s Path to Consciousness
2025 Charul Sharma, Bhupender Kumar Som
Metacognition, or thinking about thinking, is key to advancing AI toward consciousness.Internal reflection is a key mechanism by which we can prevent AI systems from being sunk at the hands of their own complexity, and metacognitive frameworks are formal systems that allow an AI to think about how it thinks — we use existing literature and insight from cognitive science and psychology as well...