Lab-grown brain cells learn to play Pong
Chapter 1

The mirror of the mind

Chapter 2

The day the AI spoke back

Chapter 3

Global perspectives on machine souls

Chapter 4

Testing for a spark

Ch 4 · Testing for a spark
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007skaty The hard problem of consciousness challenges our understanding of human experience.

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Measuring the web of thoughts

007skaty Integrated Information Theory suggests that any physical system with a Phi score above zero has some conscious experience.

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What is the name of the mathematical symbol used in Integrated Information Theory to represent the level of consciousness?

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Who is the neuroscientist who developed the Integrated Information Theory (IIT) of consciousness?

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Fun Fact

Brainy gaming: The lab-grown brain cells in the DishBrain project learned to play Pong in just five minutes.

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The global workspace

007skaty A central digital workspace broadcasts information to trigger active awareness within AI systems.

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How does Global Workspace Theory explain what happens when we become consciously aware of something?

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Who first proposed the Global Workspace Theory of consciousness?

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Glossary
turing test (noun)
A test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior indistinguishable from that of a human. Alan Turing introduced this concept in 1950 to evaluate whether machines could replicate human thought processes.

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My Little Spark
BETA

007skaty Decode machine messages to discover the spark of life in artificial intelligence.

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What classic video game was a dish of 800,000 lab-grown human brain cells trained to play in 2022?

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What is the term for computing systems that combine living biological tissue with electronic silicon chips?

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Will humans ever build a truly conscious machine?

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007skaty The Hard Problem of Consciousness

We can map every pathway and code every zone, But the spark of a feeling is still unknown.

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Which philosopher coined the term 'the hard problem of consciousness' in 1995?

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What does the 'hard problem of consciousness' specifically focus on?

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