Dr. Pentti O A Haikonen Full Adjunct Professor University of Illinois at Springfield, One University Plaza Philosophy Department, UHB 4026 Springfield, IL 62-703, USA Dr. Haikonen’s research focus is on Machine Cognition, Robot Brains, Machine Emotions, Conscious Machines, and Artificial…
Category: Machine Consciousness
Robot Brains: Circuits and Systems for Conscious Machines by Pentti O. Haikonen Wiley. September 2007. ISBN: 978-0-470-06204-3. Haikonen envisions autonomous robots that perceive and understand the world directly, acting in it in a natural human-like way without the need of…
Toward a Science of Consciousness 2008 April 8-12, 2008. Tucson ARIZONA Tucson Convention Center The eighth biennial Tucson conference continues an interdisciplinary tradition of intense, far-ranging and rigorous discussions on all approaches to the fundamental issue of how the brain…
The SOUL project tries to develop a cognitive architecture for complex cognitive control. The SOUL project, lead by Ricardo Sanz at the UPM Autonomous Systems Laboratory [1], tries to develop a cognitive architecture for complex cognitive control. Control systems are…
The following list is a compilation of bibliographic search engines and scientific paper indexes, where you can look for publications related to your areas of interest. Note that given my particular area of interest (Machine Consciousness) I have focused on…
Measuring Machine Consciousness ConsScale is a tool for assessing the functional level of consciousness of a creature. It has been specifically designed for the evaluation of Machine Consciousness implementations. Now a ConsScale microsite is available where you can explore the…
AI Forums: Language Mind and Consciousness. This AI Forum is dedicated to the problem of language, mind, and consciousness. Background The manipulation of natural human language by a computer, a major research track inside artificial intelligence, at first seemed like…
In this article I aim to provide a comprehensive introduction to the field of cognitive robotics by providing you with some definitions, examples, links to information resources, courses, and research projects. Also, the research motivations of this field are discussed,…
This is a transcript of a Berkeley Groks interview with Anne Foerst entitled Deus ex Machina. December 22, 2004. Listen to the Interview (mp3) {mosimage} Prof. Anne Foerst Visiting Professor of Theology and Computer Science, St. Bonaventure University Author, God…
At any given time the mind has to take decisions and multiple unconscious actions are done. Our conscious mind continuously confabulates making up the illusion that it is in charge. But, who is actually in charge? Can science tell us…