From biological to artificial consciousness : neuroscientific insights and progress / Masataka Watanabe ; translated by Tony Gonzalez.
2022
QP411
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Title
From biological to artificial consciousness : neuroscientific insights and progress / Masataka Watanabe ; translated by Tony Gonzalez.
Author
Watanabe, Masataka, author.
Uniform Title
Nou no ishiki, kikai no ishiki. English
ISBN
9783030911386 (electronic bk.)
3030911381 (electronic bk.)
9783030911379
3030911373
3030911381 (electronic bk.)
9783030911379
3030911373
Published
Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Language Note
Translated from Japanese.
Description
1 online resource : illustrations (some color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-91138-6 doi
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QP411
Dewey Decimal Classification
612.8/233
Summary
How does consciousness emerge from a brain that consists only of physical matter and electrical / chemical reactions? The deep mysteries of consciousness have plagued philosophers and scientists for thousands of years. This book approaches the problem through scientific studies that shed light on the neural mechanism of consciousness, and furthermore, delves into the possibility of artificial consciousness, a phenomenon that may ultimately solve the mystery. Finally, two key suggestions made in the book, namely, a method to test machine consciousness and a theory hypothesizing that consciousness emerges from a neural algorithm, reveal a novel and credible pathway to mind-uploading.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 26, 2022).
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Frontiers collection.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Mystery of Consciousness
Chapter 2: Pursuing Consciousness in the Brain
Chapter 3: Manipulation Experiments as the Key to Consciousness Research
Chapter 4: The Quest for Natural Laws of Consciousness
Chapter 5: Is Consciousness Information or Algorithm?
Chapter 6: Brain Consciousness and Machine Consciousness
Afterword.
Chapter 1: The Mystery of Consciousness
Chapter 2: Pursuing Consciousness in the Brain
Chapter 3: Manipulation Experiments as the Key to Consciousness Research
Chapter 4: The Quest for Natural Laws of Consciousness
Chapter 5: Is Consciousness Information or Algorithm?
Chapter 6: Brain Consciousness and Machine Consciousness
Afterword.