Grounded Computation & Consciousness: A Framework for Exploring Consciousness in Machines & Other Organisms
<|reference_start|>Grounded Computation & Consciousness: A Framework for Exploring Consciousness in Machines & Other Organisms: Computational modeling is a critical tool for understanding consciousness, but is it enough on its own? This paper discusses the necessity for an ontological basis of consciousness, and introduces a formal framework for grounding computational descriptions into an ontological substrate. Utilizing this technique, a method is demonstrated for estimating the difference in qualitative experience between two systems. This framework has wide applicability to computational theories of consciousness.<|reference_end|>
@article{williams2024grounded,
    title={Grounded Computation & Consciousness: A Framework for Exploring
  Consciousness in Machines & Other Organisms},
    author={Ryan Williams},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.16036},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2409.16036},
    primaryClass={q-bio.NC cs.AI}
}