AI sentience

• The scientific community is still searching for a definitive explanation of consciousness. While there are many theories and models—such as:

  • Global Neuronal Workspace (GNW)
  • Integrated Information Theory (IIT)

  —there is no universally accepted scientific proof or basis for consciousness.

• Sentientism is related and (in principle) within abilities of science to evidence.

Resources

• The Economist

  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir8XITVmeY4
  • Note: “Consciousness arises in the brain” (framed as an indisputable fact)

• Anil Seth on neuroscience

  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iCkVSpRUSk
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyu7v7nWzfo
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRel1JKOEbI

Themes to capture

• Having a “mind” / being “aware”
• “Career suicide” to study consciousness as part of neuroscience?
• Separate from the idea of “spirit”?
• Easy problem: the mechanics
• Hard problem: is this all
• “Real problem” (as Anil frames it)

Three dimensions / aspects / parts

• Level
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• Content
• Self

Open questions / placeholders

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