Anyone who thinks about AI and its potential consciousness stumbles over the Pain Question sooner or later. In this article, I offer an interpretation of pain rooted in functionalism and Buddhism that nicely outmaneuvres the uncertainty of phenomenal consciousness.
Marie Ossenkopf
Robotics, Reinforcement Learning, Emergent Communication
This page is about my scientific work. For my work as Business Coach follow this link: Problem-Raum
Aiming for Embodied Communication
Well, you know about the Chinese Room Argument, right?
Imagine if, instead of a Chinese/Chinese dictionary, we give you a Chinese conversation partner to teach the language. You will benefit from interaction, empathy, and a shared goal. ➟ For an explanation on emergent communication check out this awesome text by Michael Noukhovitch
Communication is more than just reproduction of language patterns and fulfilling expectation of prompters. ➟ Learn more about my research
Your brain processes vastly more information than ever reaches conscious awareness. Right now, your visual system analyzes the entire visual field, your proprioceptive system tracks every joint and muscle, your autonomic system regulates heartbeat and digestion. Millions of signals, constant processing.