World Science Festival

Can Theories of Consciousness Supercharge AI?

Rufin VanRullen discusses applying Global Workspace Theory to artificial-intelligence architectures in conversation with Brian Greene.

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Provides an explicitly attributed global workspace account for comparison with integrated information theory and predictive processing.

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