Abstract We conducted computational experiments estimating Tononi’s Phi coefficient to measure the “integrated information” within the OpenCog cognitive architecture on two types of tasks: Reading (i.e. parsing...
Archive - December 2018
What Made Us Say WTF (What the Future) in 2018?
Originally published by Andy Altman, Senior Producer, CNET, December 26, 2018 In CNET’s “What the Future” series, Andy reviews 4 of the top 2018 groundbreaking stories from companies pushing the...
Tononi Phi: Sentience, Consciousness and Smart AI Futures
Philosopher David Chalmers gets the credit for naming the so-called hard problem of consciousness, but the mystery it describes is about as ancient and perplexing as they come: What is consciousness — and how and why...
The Breakout Front Row Star at Alexander Wang’s Show? A Robot!
Originally published by Vogue.com on December 2, 2018 by Christian Allaire At Alexander Wang’s Fall 2019 Show in New York last night, the usual suspects of too-cool front row stars crossed the bridge to Brooklyn to take...