Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness - Yoshua Bengio et al 2023 - 88 Pages!

Paper: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08708](https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08708)

Abstract:

>Whether current or near-term AI systems could be conscious is a topic of scientific interest and increasing public concern. This report argues for, and exemplifies, a rigorous and empirically grounded approach to AI consciousness: assessing existing AI systems in detail, in light of our best-supported neuroscientific theories of consciousness. We survey several prominent scientific theories of consciousness, including recurrent processing theory, global workspace theory, higher-order theories, predictive processing, and attention schema theory. From these theories we derive …

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