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Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness

Also known as: GOFAC

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Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness and the Intermediate ... frontiersin.org Frontiers in Robotics and AI Apr 17, 2018 11 facts

claimThe 'Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness' (GOFAC) approach often seeks unique information processes that produce consciousness.

claimThe 'hard problem' of consciousness, GOFAC approaches, and the strong versus weak machine consciousness argument all share a common factor: they treat consciousness as lacking any causal role in the world.

perspectiveThe author argues that theoretical backgrounds for machine consciousness, including functionalism, information, embodiment, enaction, and cognition, exhibit the symptoms of the 'intermediate level fallacy' and are examples of Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness (GOFAC).

referenceThe 'intermediate level fallacy' manifests across different GOFAC landscapes: Functionalism (realizing functional structures) is associated with access consciousness; Information and computation (transmitting causal processes) is associated with integrated consciousness; Embodiment (objects) is associated with sensory-motor loops; and Enaction (interactions between objects and environment) is associated with knowledge of sensory-motor loops.

referenceThe Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness (GOFAC) is a conceptual framework for designing conscious robots that encompasses approaches such as global workspace, information integration, enaction, cognitive mechanisms, and embodiment.

perspectiveThe author argues that GOFAC will never achieve machine consciousness and that a robust conceptual framework alternative to the hard problem is required.

claimThe 'intermediate level fallacy' in Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness (GOFAC) research involves proposing an intermediate level of processing without explaining why that level should lead to consciousness, effectively providing an explanans without linking it to the explanandum.

claimGood Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness (GOFAC) is a set of premises in robot consciousness research that suggests a physical world in which consciousness appears as a result of a specific intermediate level.

perspectiveThe 'Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness' (GOFAC) framework treats consciousness as epiphenomenal, which the author characterizes as a hallmark of scientific failure.

claimThe intermediate level fallacy is the central issue affecting the Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness (GOFAC) framework.

referenceWithin the 'Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness' (GOFAC) framework, the 'hard problem' spawned a split between 'hard' and 'weak' machine consciousness, as described by Seth (2009).

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referenceThe paper 'Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness and the Intermediate Level Fallacy' discusses the basic tenets of Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness (GOFAC) and their implications for artificial intelligence and robotics.