Integrated Information Theory (IIT)

Consciousness researcher explains his doubts re conscious machines

But first, wait a minute.We do not really know what consciousness is. That is true whether or not “our intelligence and our experiences are ineluctable consequences of the natural causal powers of our brain, rather than any supernatural ones.” as Christof Koch claims.

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