A creepy nightmare helps me to understand human consciousness in a new way by opening me to a new understanding of...

Originally shared by Gideon Rosenblatt

A creepy nightmare helps me to understand human consciousness in a new way by opening me to a new understanding of the myth of Medusa.

What were all those snakes coming out of her head and what does it mean to turn living creatures to stone?

#consciousness #myth #dream
http://www.alchemyofchange.net/people-objects/

Changing Our Understanding of Consciousness

Originally shared by Neuroscience News

Changing Our Understanding of Consciousness

Measuring and defining consciousness has been an ongoing challenge for neuroscientists, philosophers and psychologists for centuries. The concept of levels of consciousness is mostly theoretical, limiting the abilities of researchers to develop objective measurement and understanding of how different global states of consciousness relate to each other.

The research is in Trends in Cognitive Neurosciences. (full open access)

#consciousness #neuroscience
http://neurosciencenews.com/consciousness-dimensions-neuroscience-4420

The Deeper You Go

The Deeper You Go

Diving into the essence of awareness, The Deeper You Go, The Interviews, features the preeminent minds in the debate on consciousness. Through the lens of scientific inquiry, the film makers probe the most fundamental questions on the nature of the self. Is consciousness a byproduct of our brain or is the brain a vehicle for consciousness?

Sounds very interesting, I will check it out soon.

#awareness   #consciousness   #movie  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fISqnwPF9wo&feature=player_embedded

#robotics #consciousness #automata

#robotics   #consciousness   #automata  

Originally shared by Sabine Hauert
http://robohub.org/automata-review/

#artificialintelligence #consciousness

#artificialintelligence   #consciousness  

Originally shared by 33rd Square

In a discussion last year at Singularity University, Ray Kurzweil shared his views on the schools of thought regarding consciousness and artificial intelligence. http://www.33rdsquare.com/2015/02/ray-kurzweil-on-when-machines-will.html
http://www.33rdsquare.com/2015/02/ray-kurzweil-on-when-machines-will.html

#artificialintelligence #consciousness

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Originally shared by Singularity 2045

"Although the Turing test has been held as a benchmark for evaluating machine intelligence, there are many concerns regarding the type of intelligence likely to be identified by the Turing Test. One of the most frequently raised concerns argues that some artificial intelligences may simply convey the intelligence of their creators, and there is no way for the Turing Test to distinguish between a machine that is intelligent in this manner and one that is self-aware, conscious, and capable of reflexively thinking about itself."

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http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/chandler20130901