The Beginning and Evolution of Consciousness

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10.2991/aiie-16.2016.51How to use a DOI?

Keywords

the skin brain hypothesis; the proto-consciousness; Self; free will; hard problem

Abstract

It is an open question if the explosive computing capability of artificial intelligence could transcend human intelligence. It is proposed that the universe is bisected and encapsulated into Self and Outside World by an individual based on one's sensitive tactility acquired in the biological evolution of Homo Sapiens. The universe runs according to physical equations, but since there are a lot of degrees of freedom, especially the existence of the saddle points in nonlinear dynamics, the universe can evolve in different directions, and free will can play a role in the choice of directions. The cognitive beings are active participants in the evolution of the physical world and their intelligences are entangled with subjective biases, in stark contrast to algorithmic computing of machines.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - H. J. Cai
AU  - Tianqi Cai
AU  - Wenwei Zhang
AU  - Kai Wang
PY  - 2016/11
DA  - 2016/11
TI  - The Beginning and Evolution of Consciousness
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Industrial Engineering (AIIE 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 219
EP  - 222
SN  - 1951-6851
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