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Predictive processing is theorized as a foundational mechanism for consciousness, with various frameworks linking the brain's predictive capacity to conscious states [1], [2], and [3]. Furthermore, predictive processing theories are actively explored as a means to understand the nature of consciousness in both biological and artificial systems [4], [5].
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The evolution of human-type consciousness – a by-product of ... frontiersin.org 2 facts
claimJakob Hohwy and Anil Seth's 2020 predictive processing theory posits that the capacity to predict the body's internal states is the source of consciousness.
claimMichael Graziano's 2019 predictive processing theory emphasizes the importance of the brain's ability to relate to imagined futures as a component of consciousness.
Panpsychism and dualism in the science of consciousness - PubMed pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1 fact
claimBioprotopsychism provides a minimalist approach to consciousness via the triad of chemotaxis, efference copy mechanism, and counterfactual active inference, associating conscious states with the amount of information (best guesses) of the brain engaged in unconscious predictive processing.
AI Sessions #9: The Case Against AI Consciousness (with Anil Seth) conspicuouscognition.com 1 fact
claimThe connection between autopoiesis, the free energy principle, and predictive processing provides a framework for understanding the contents of consciousness.
Consciousness and AI - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu 1 fact
claimTheories regarding embodied and situated cognition, predictive processing, and the free energy principle may contribute to understanding the possibility and conditions for consciousness in artificial intelligence.