Special report : Can we copy the brain? - Can we quantify machine consciousness?

IEEE Spectrum ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 64-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christof Koch ◽  
Giulio Tononi
Keyword(s):  
Special Report ◽  
Machine Consciousness ◽  
The Brain

scholarly journals PHENOMENOLOGICAL ARCHITECTURE OF A MIND AND OPERATIONAL ARCHITECTONICS OF THE BRAIN: THE UNIFIED METASTABLE CONTINUUM

2009 ◽  
Vol 05 (01) ◽  
pp. 221-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREW A. FINGELKURTS ◽  
ALEXANDER A. FINGELKURTS ◽  
CARLOS F. H. NEVES
Keyword(s):  
Distributed Computing ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Brain Diseases ◽  
Machine Consciousness ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Conscious Level ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Activity Organization

In our contribution we will observe phenomenal architecture of a mind and operational architectonics of the brain and will show their intimate connectedness within a single integrated metastable continuum. The notion of operation of different complexity is the fundamental and central one in bridging the gap between brain and mind: it is precisely by means of this notion that it is possible to identify what at the same time belongs to the phenomenal conscious level and to the neurophysiological level of brain activity organization, and what mediates between them. Implications for linguistic semantics, self-organized distributed computing algorithms, artificial machine consciousness, and diagnosis of dynamic brain diseases will be discussed briefly.

scholarly journals Outline of a Brain Model for Self-Observing Agents

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150008
Author(s):  
Bernhard J. Mitterauer
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Sensory Information ◽  
Neuronal System ◽  
Qualitative Information ◽  
Machine Consciousness ◽  
Double Structure ◽  
Behavior Intentions ◽  
Elementary Principle ◽  
The Brain

Brain-inspired models for conscious robots should refer to the cellular double structure of the brain, consisting of the neuronal system and the glial system, embodying two ontological realms. Therefore, a purely neurobiological approach to machine consciousness is biased by an ontological fault in exclusively referring to the neuronal system. The brain model for self-observing agents outlined in this paper focuses on the glial-neuronal synaptic units (tripartite synapses). Whereas the neuronal component of the synapse embodies objective subjectivity processing sensory information, the glial component (astrocyte) embodies subjective subjectivity generating subjective behavior (intentions, consciousness) in its interactions with the neuronal part of the synapse. The elementary principle of the implementation of self-observing agents is this: a brain is capable of self-observation, if the concept of intention to observe something and the concept of the observed are located in different places. Based on a formalism of qualitative information processing, the architecture of self-observation is described in increasing complexity, building networks. It is suggested that if a robot brain is equipped with a network of modules for self-observation, the robot may generate subjective perspectives of self-observation indicating self-consciousness.

Special report : Can we copy the brain? - The brain as computer

IEEE Spectrum ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 28-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karlheinz Meier
Keyword(s):  
Special Report ◽  
The Brain
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