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Unraveling Consciousness: Clustering Proofs of Theorems for Understanding CONSCS

Delve into the intersection of science and philosophy to define "CONSCSness" for formal systems, attempting to formally study consciousness by isolating behavioral aspects. By clustering similar proofs, gain insight into deep questions on consciousness.

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Unraveling Consciousness: Clustering Proofs of Theorems for Understanding CONSCS

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  1. The Big Picture Why we’re really interested in clustering proofs of theorems Manuel Blum, Matt Humphrey, Brendan Juba, Ryan Williams

  2. Deep Questions… • Are you conscious? • Are rocks conscious? • Are dogs conscious? • Can machines be conscious? WHO KNOWS? WHAT DO THESE QUESTIONS EVEN MEAN??

  3. Reformulating the Questions • Informally, we wish to isolate the behavioral or physical aspects… • … from questions about what an entity really “thinks” or “feels” • Assume a formal system can be conscious. SCIENCE PHILOSOPHY • Define “CONSCSness” for formal systems • CONSCS: CONceptualizing Strategizing Control Systems • New question: “What is CONSCSness?”

  4. The Big Picture… • We aim to cluster similar proofs • Similar proofs, together with their theorems, comprise a strategy • We require CONSCS entities be capable of utilizing these strategies. • Defining CONSCSness is an attempt to formally study consciousness. • We hope to gain insight into some of those “deep questions”

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