arXiv:2606. 15348v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: A common objection to artificial or simulated consciousness is that a simulated brain is no more conscious than simulated water is wet.
By Ryota Kanai, Shuqin Ma
arXiv:2609.35618v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: The question of AI consciousness is one of the most urgent pre-emptive problems in philosophy and computer science, yet progress is hampered by a c...
By Shamil Chandaria, Arvo Mu\~noz Mor\'an, Fernando Rosas, Anil Seth, Henry Shevlin, Marcus Hutter, Thore Graepel, Adam Bales, Iulia Comsa, Murray Shanahan, Ruben Laukkonen, Morten Kringelbach, Chris Frith, Shane Legg
arXiv:2507. 05888v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Vernon Mountcastle hypothesized that the basis for intelligence in mammals is the replication of a general computational unit, the cortical column.
By Jeff Hawkins (Thousand Brains Project), Niels Leadholm (Thousand Brains Project), Viviane Clay (Thousand Brains Project)
arXiv:2607. 15883v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models are broadly capable, yet in sustained one-to-one conversation they still read as flat: competent, responsive, and somehow not quite the presence of a mind.
By Sebastian Cochinescu
The article introduces a mathematical model of the Motivated Emotional Mind cognitive architecture for embodied intelligent systems. It formalizes a re‑entrant loop that integrates feedforward processing, lateral interactions, and feedback pathways, along with representational selection mechanisms that govern adaptive responses. The model binds exteroceptive and interoceptive signals, bodily-motivational context, and memory traces into associative structures called semblions, enabling motivated learning that incorporates need thresholds, goal generation, and regulatory constraints.
By Wies{\l}aw L. Galus, Janusz A. Starzyk
arXiv:2607. 19973v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI researchers describe state-of-the-art models as one thing repeated at scale: the Transformer, wired identically for text, pixels, or speech.
By Jaeho Seol