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Maguire, Phil and Maguire, Rebecca (2010) Consciousness is Data Compression. Working Paper. UNSPECIFIED.
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Abstract
In this article we advance the conjecture that conscious
awareness is equivalent to data compression. Algorithmic
information theory supports the assertion that all forms of
understanding are contingent on compression (Chaitin, 2007).
Here, we argue that the experience people refer to as
consciousness is the particular form of understanding that the
brain provides. We therefore propose that the degree of
consciousness of a system can be measured in terms of the
amount of data compression it carries out.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Information theory; data compression; Solomonoff induction; phenomenal experience; Turing test; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Computer Science Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology |
| Item ID: | 10622 |
| Depositing User: | Phil Maguire |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2019 16:43 |
| URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/10622 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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