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Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and Artificial Consciousness
Resource type
Book Section
Authors/contributors
- Vallverdú, Jordi (Editor)
- Mazzara, Manuel (Editor)
- Talanov, Max (Editor)
- Distefano, Salvatore (Editor)
- Lowe, Robert (Editor)
- Fallon, Francis (Author)
Title
Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and Artificial Consciousness
Abstract
This chapter aims to evaluate Integrated Information Theory's claims concerning Artificial Consciousness. Integrated Information Theory (IIT) works from premises that claim that certain properties, such as unity, are essential to consciousness, to conclusions regarding the constraints upon physical systems that could realize consciousness. Among these conclusions is the claim that feed-forward systems, and systems that are not largely reentrant, necessarily will fail to generate consciousness (but may simulate it). This chapter will discuss the premises of IIT, which themselves are highly controversial, and will also address IIT's related rejection of functionalism. This analysis will argue that IIT has failed to established good grounds for these positions, and that convincing alternatives remain available. This, in turn, implies that the constraints upon Artificial Consciousness are more generous than IIT would have them be.
Book Title
Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics
Publisher
IGI Global
Date
2017-1-25
Pages
1-23
ISBN
978-1-5225-1947-8 978-1-5225-1948-5
Short Title
Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and Artificial Consciousness
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DOI.org (Crossref)
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Citation
Fallon, F. (2017). Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and Artificial Consciousness. In J. Vallverdú, M. Mazzara, M. Talanov, S. Distefano, & R. Lowe (Eds.), Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics (pp. 1–23). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1947-8.ch001
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