AI Consciousness is Inevitable: A Theoretical Computer Science Perspective
<|reference_start|>AI Consciousness is Inevitable: A Theoretical Computer Science Perspective: We look at consciousness through the lens of Theoretical Computer Science, a branch of mathematics that studies computation under resource limitations. From this perspective, we develop a formal machine model for consciousness. The model is inspired by Alan Turing's simple yet powerful model of computation and Bernard Baars' theater model of consciousness. Though extremely simple, the model aligns at a high level with many of the major scientific theories of human and animal consciousness, supporting our claim that machine consciousness is inevitable.<|reference_end|>
@article{blum2024ai,
    title={AI Consciousness is Inevitable: A Theoretical Computer Science
  Perspective},
    author={Lenore Blum and Manuel Blum},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.17101},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2403.17101},
    primaryClass={cs.AI}
}