@inbook{143481, author = {Michael SA Graziano and TW Webb and Jacquette}, title = {Understanding consciousness by building it}, abstract = {

In the attention schema theory, awareness is an impossible, physically incoherent property that is described by a packet of information in the brain. That packet of information is an internal model and its function is to provide a continuously updated account of attention. It describes attention in a manner that is accurate enough to be useful but not so accurate or detailed as to waste time or resources. In effect, subjective awareness is a caricature of attention. One advantage of this theory of awareness is that it is buildable. No part of it requires a metaphysical leap from chemistry to qualia. In this article we consider how to build a conscious machine as a way to introduce the attention schema theory.

}, year = {2018}, journal = {Bloomsbury Companion to Philosophy of Consciousness}, pages = {187-210}, publisher = {Bloomsbury}, language = {eng}, }