AI Consciousness is Inevitable: A Theoretical Computer Science Perspective
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.17101v8
- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:14:29 GMT
- Title: AI Consciousness is Inevitable: A Theoretical Computer Science Perspective
- Authors: Lenore Blum, Manuel Blum,
- Abstract summary: We develop a formal machine model for consciousness.
The model is inspired by Alan Turing's simple yet powerful model of computation and Bernard Baars' theater model of consciousness.
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- Abstract: We look at consciousness through the lens of Theoretical Computer Science, a branch of mathematics that studies computation under resource limitations. 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 Bernard Baars' theater model of consciousness. Though extremely simple, the model aligns at a high level with many of the major scientific theories of human and animal consciousness, supporting our claim that machine consciousness is inevitable.
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