The aim is to apprach human-like minds gradually, from several directions. Our motivation is mainly to understand the functioning of human minds as part of a broader study of possible designs for behaving systems, natural and artificial, including processes of learning, development and evolution. These emotional capabilities are shared to varying degrees with other animals, depending on their information processing architectures. The work involves links with philosophy, psychology, brain science, artificial intelligence, computer science, biology, and potentially other disciplines also. This leads to new ideas about the nature of consciousness.
Collaboration is always welcome, as is critical comment.
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