The Global Neuronal Workspace (GNW)
- GNW argues that consciousness arises from a specific type of information processing, known from the beginnings of AI, when specialized programs would access a small, shared repository of information.
- According to GNW, consciousness is when incoming sensory information is broadcast to multiple cognitive systems, which process these data to speak, store, or call up memory.
- The network of neurons that broadcast these messages is thought to be located in the frontal and parietal lobes.
- When the data is broadcast on this network, the subject becomes conscious.
- GNW proposes that computers of the future will be conscious.
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