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CONSCIOUSNESS FOR THE OUROBOROS MODEL

2011; World Scientific; Volume: 03; Issue: 01 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1142/s1793843011000662

1793-8473

K. Thomsen,

Embodied and Extended Cognition

The Ouroboros Model features a biologically inspired cognitive architecture.At its core lies a self-referential recursive process with alternating phases of data acquisition and evaluation.Memory entries are organized in schemata.The activation at a time of part of a schema biases the whole structure and, in particular, missing features, thus triggering expectations.An iterative recursive monitor process termed \consumption analysis" is then checking how well such expectations ¯t with successive activations.Mismatches between anticipations based on previous experience and actual current data are highlighted and used for controlling the allocation of attention.In case no directly ¯tting ¯ller for an open slot is found, activation spreads more widely and includes data relating to the actor, and Higher-Order Personality Activation, HOPA, ensues.It is brie°y outlined how the Ouroboros Model produces many diverse characteristics and thus addresses established criteria for consciousness.Coarse-grained relationships to selected previous conceptualizations of consciousness and a sketch of how the Ouroboros Model could shed light on current research themes in arti¯cial general intelligence and consciousness conclude this paper.