Malcolm Lett
@malcolml.bsky.social
Interested in the computational basis of consciousness and intelligence.
https://malcolmlett.github.io/
https://medium.com/@malcolmlett
https://malcolmlett.github.io/
https://medium.com/@malcolmlett
Results are from training a simple binary classifier against an SKLearn "circles" dataset. Three layers: 10-unit relu, 5-unit relu, 1-unit sigmoid.
September 7, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Results are from training a simple binary classifier against an SKLearn "circles" dataset. Three layers: 10-unit relu, 5-unit relu, 1-unit sigmoid.
Surprising outcome #4: consciousness is an emergent phenomenon, that depends on having the right kind of structural organisation
March 30, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Surprising outcome #4: consciousness is an emergent phenomenon, that depends on having the right kind of structural organisation
Surprising outcome #3: our conscious perception of our thoughts may be only a tiny fraction of our actual thoughts.
March 30, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Surprising outcome #3: our conscious perception of our thoughts may be only a tiny fraction of our actual thoughts.
Surprising outcome #2: consciousness is "post-causal": having no influence over the event to which we are conscious, but having direct influence over subsequent events.
March 30, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Surprising outcome #2: consciousness is "post-causal": having no influence over the event to which we are conscious, but having direct influence over subsequent events.
Surprising outcome #1: the cartesian theatre metaphor is actually a very good metaphor for conscious function.
March 30, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Surprising outcome #1: the cartesian theatre metaphor is actually a very good metaphor for conscious function.
Surprising outcome #1: the cartesian theatre metaphor is actually a very good metaphor for conscious function.
March 27, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Surprising outcome #1: the cartesian theatre metaphor is actually a very good metaphor for conscious function.
Great paper. The predictive description makes so much sense. The suggestion that there's different levels to which sensory feedback can adjust predictions of those senses is fascinating. It certainly does a great job of explaining the phenomenology of affective states.
March 1, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Great paper. The predictive description makes so much sense. The suggestion that there's different levels to which sensory feedback can adjust predictions of those senses is fascinating. It certainly does a great job of explaining the phenomenology of affective states.
As someone who is perfectly comfortable with the idea that the brain is the seat of consciousness, I find statements like this very strange: "If 'my brain made me do it' , in what sense am I in control of myself?".
February 26, 2024 at 9:56 AM
As someone who is perfectly comfortable with the idea that the brain is the seat of consciousness, I find statements like this very strange: "If 'my brain made me do it' , in what sense am I in control of myself?".
