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 …