Here consciousness research series: the consciousness research series has been updated. Today shows Chapter 11, 15 adding to Chapter 0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10. So far, we have discussed "Qualia" in Chapter 5, "Hard Problem" in Chapter 6, …

Here consciousness research series: the consciousness research series has been updated. Today shows Chapter 8, 10 adding to Chapter 0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Chapter 8 is 'Desire / Purposiveness'. Here, showing that curiosity and various other …

Here consciousness research series: the consciousness research series has been updated. Today shows Chapter 6, 7 adding to Chapter 0, 1, 3, 4, 5. Chapter 6 is 'Hard Problem / Easy Problem / Connection between machine and brain'. Showing Wh…

Here consciousness research series: the consciousness research series has been updated. Today shows Chapter 4, 5 adding to Chapter 0, 1, 3. Chapter 4 is 'Consciousness, unconsciousness / Monad / Consciousness of stones / Precondition of co…

Here consciousness research series: the slide document is out. Today shows Chapter 0, 1, 3. Especially Chapter 3 is 'New ideas for consciousness' that shows whole direction of this slide document of researching consciousness in the future.…

Background / Introduction In our country a startup started. That tries to demonstrate machine's consciousness with connection between machine and brain when it becomes to have consciousness. Its purpose seems to feel the machine-side consc…

Self and others: While one's hand touches something, 'what it is touched' can sense 'touched' at the same time. And we can discriminate self ('what it is touched' is a part of 'the one who discriminates self') from others ('what it is touc…

[Abstract] Regarding consciousness, my consciousness hypothesis is clarified with IIT, and the difference is clarified. And it is reconfirmed that minimum consciousness can be accepted with mimimum information elements. Next, with Chinese …

Considering semantic understanding: There is a majority opinion that 'AI does not have semantic understanding.' I think there are people who fear the emergence of AI that is similar to human. My consciousness hypothesis shows also semantic…

Currently IIT: From the Phenomenology to the Mechanisms of Consciousness: Integrated Information Theory 3.0 provides many arguing points regarding consciousness research. This time I pay attention to NONconsciousness comparing to conscious…

It is difficult to understand the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness. From Hawkins' idea, new input that is already in the memory process is basically unconscious. On the other hand, if the new input is not in the memory,…

I watched ustream of ASSC17 with great interest. During the ASSC17 I felt the weight of IIT (integrated information theory) increased gradually. (Also I heard the era of NCC was over. However I think the observation method for NCC will be …

If there is free will (at this point it means [pseudo] free will), "I" can change my mind any time, and realize the change is by myself. My hypothesis [pseudo free will]: "I" search some alternatives while some decision are made. "I" searc…

Also my program "BLUE" shows instinct and emotion, as same as metacognition. While considering emotion, "desire" should be considered at the same time. My hypothesis considers that desire is incorporated to somewhere in the neocortex as me…

Only with #JeffHawkins 's basic theory, he did not claim that [consciousness, metacognition, free will, instinct, desire and emotion] were shown as feasible. At this point my program "BLUE" shows metacognition, free will, instinct, desire …

This book was released in 2004, however the important thing to remember is "There are keys in it to understand consciousness." As Jeff Hawkins says, [association to prediction] process is based on [input to memory]. And his hypothesis clai…

In this blog I will write about neuroscience, consciousness and AI mainly. In Japanese, I am writing a blog. (You can of course translate with Google from Japanese to English.) In it, I released a program of AI on 2/10/2013, and developed …