Can we prove that there are computational correlates of consciousness in the brain?
- Submitting institution
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Middlesex University
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 795
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.17791/jcs.2014.15.2.149
- Title of journal
- Journal of Cognitive Science
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- First page
- 149
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 1598-2327
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/18050/
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Citation count
- 1
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- There has been significant speculation about the connection between consciousness and computation; some think that AIs would be conscious if they executed a particular program. This relationship could be proved if we could measure consciousness, quantify the computations and identify correlations between these sets of measurements. This paper is significant because it shows that computations are unlikely to be objective measurable properties of a system that could be correlated with consciousness. This has major implications for debates about consciousness in computers and the ethical treatment of AIs.
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- Non-English
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