On Computational Mechanisms for Shared Intentionality, and Speculation
on Rationality and Consciousness
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.13657v2
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:54:06 GMT
- Title: On Computational Mechanisms for Shared Intentionality, and Speculation
on Rationality and Consciousness
- Authors: John Rushby
- Abstract summary: A singular attribute of humankind is our ability to undertake novel, cooperative behavior, or teamwork.
This requires that we can communicate goals, plans, and ideas between the brains of individuals to create shared intentionality.
I derive necessary characteristics of basic mechanisms to enable shared intentionality between prelinguistic computational agents.
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- Abstract: A singular attribute of humankind is our ability to undertake novel,
cooperative behavior, or teamwork. This requires that we can communicate goals,
plans, and ideas between the brains of individuals to create shared
intentionality. Using the information processing model of David Marr, I derive
necessary characteristics of basic mechanisms to enable shared intentionality
between prelinguistic computational agents and indicate how these could be
implemented in present-day AI-based robots.
More speculatively, I suggest the mechanisms derived by this thought
experiment apply to humans and extend to provide explanations for human
rationality and aspects of intentional and phenomenal consciousness that accord
with observation. This yields what I call the Shared Intentionality First
Theory (SIFT) for rationality and consciousness.
The significance of shared intentionality has been recognized and advocated
previously, but typically from a sociological or behavioral point of view. SIFT
complements prior work by applying a computer science perspective to the
underlying mechanisms.
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