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BI 111 Kevin Mitchell and Erik Hoel: Agency, Emergence, Consciousness

Brain Inspired

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Is There a Scientific Theory of Consciousness?

Ao: We have no lawful way to relate ongoing noral activity to a particular conscious experience. Most of the brain's architecture and design is based around instantiating this stream of consciousness, which is kind of this dominant information flow within the brain. And i do think that it is true that most of the time, for conscious experience, just does not actually filter as directly into behavior. In other words, it takes an immensely convoluted root. A lot of previous results would maybe look pretty incommensurate.

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