Pentti Haikonen comments invited by Conscious-Robots.com editor on the recent article about Haikonen’s Architecture for Conscious Machines written by Trung Doan. I wish to thank Trung Doan for his analysis of my approach towards machine consciousness here. Trung Doan has done a lot of…
Year: 2009
Second Issue of the International Journal of Machine Consciousness Available The second issue of the International Journal of Machine Consciousness is available online (Vol. 1. Issue 2. December 2009)! The second issue of IJMC is a collection of selected papers from the…
Pentti Haikonen’s architecture for conscious machines By Trung Doan (doanviettrung a_t gmail dot com). Haikonen’s contribution to the machine-consciousness endeavor is an architecture based on cognitive principles. He also developed some electronic microchips as a first step to building a machine…
Journal of Mind Theory Rigor in Cognitive Science The UPM Autonomous Systems Lab (AsLab) has recently launched a new journal in the field of congnitive science. The focus of the new Journal of Mind Theory (JMT) is on precise, succinct, non-interpretable…
Wakamaru, the communication robot by Mitshubishi. Wakamaru is a robot designed for human communication and interaction and its own “personality”. This robot has been designed by Toshiyuki Kita to live with humans. Its robotic body features original eyes, mouth and…
Toward A Science of Consciousness 2010 April 12-17, 2010 Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Arizona Sponsored by: The Center for Consciousness Studies, The University of Arizona www.consciousness.arizona.edu The ninth biennial Tucson conference Toward a Science of Consciousness will take place April…
The 14th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness will be held in Toronto, Canada from Thursday 24th – Sunday 27th, June 2010. Symposium and Tutorial proposals due Oct. 30th 2009. Confirmed Speakers: • Robert Knight…
Information Integration Theory of Consciousness According to this theory, consciousness corresponds to the capacity of a system to integrate information [1]. There are two main concepts which are central to this theory: differentiation and integration. Indeed, in this context consciousness…
TNGS – Theory of Neuronal Group Selection TNGS and the dynamic core hypothesis have been proposed by Gerald M. Edelman as an explanation for the neural correlates of consciousness. As its name indicates, the theory is based on the concept…
The Singularity. Could robots take over the world? Madrid Science Week talk by Raul Arrabales. FNAC Parquesur. November 12, 2009. 19:00. Current developments in AI and Artificial Cognitive Systems, specifically those based on Machine Consciousness, make us wonder what could…