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Manuel & Lenore Blum: The Conscious Turing Machine

The Gradient: Perspectives on AI

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Exploring Free Will, Pain, and Consciousness

The chapter delves into the paradox of free will in a deterministic world and explores the generation of pain, including pain asymbolia. It discusses the distinctions between access and phenomenological consciousness, emphasizing subjective feelings and the fusion of modalities. The chapter also introduces a model involving multiple processors working collaboratively to tackle problems, emphasizing the importance of parallel processing.

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