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Why the Third Axis Is Freedom
Michael Timothy Bennett
In generative training, a model produces an output and is penalised for its difference from an example. With one output per comparison, a model that produces one common answer can…
Are Flat Minima an Illusion?
Michael Timothy Bennett
Flat minima are an account of why deep networks generalise. However flatness is a matter of form (parameters), while generalisation is of function. The same function can be a resul…
A Mind Cannot Be Smeared Across Time
Michael Timothy Bennett
Whether machines can be conscious depends not only on what they compute, but \emph{when} they compute it. Most deployed artificial systems realise their functions via sequential or…
Cognition spaces: natural, artificial, and hybrid
Ricard Solé, Luis F Seoane, Jordi Pla-Mauri +3
Cognitive processes are realized across an extraordinary range of natural, artificial, and hybrid systems, yet there is no unified framework for comparing their forms, limits, and…
What the F*ck Is Artificial General Intelligence?
Michael Timothy Bennett
Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is an established field of research. Yet some have questioned if the term still has meaning. AGI has been subject to so much hype and speculat…
Why Is Anything Conscious?
Michael Timothy Bennett, Sean Welsh, Anna Ciaunica
We tackle the problem of consciousness by taking the naturally selected, embodied organism as our starting point. We provide a formalism describing how biological systems such as h…