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Joscha Bach

AI Researcher · Independent (formerly MIT Media Lab)

Cambridge, MAWebsite

Research Areas

PhilosophyConsciousnessComputational Modeling

About

Cognitive scientist and AI researcher who develops computational models of consciousness and cognition based on the MicroPsi framework. He bridges artificial intelligence, philosophy of mind, and cognitive architecture.

Publications

  • Principles of Synthetic Intelligence
  • When Artificial Intelligence Becomes General Enough to Understand Itself
  • MicroPsi: A Cognitive Architecture for Modeling Emotion and Motivation

Related Guides

Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness (HOT)

Rosenthal and Lau's framework proposing consciousness requires higher-order mental representations about our own mental states.

Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch OR)

Penrose and Hameroff's quantum theory proposing consciousness arises from gravitational self-collapse in neuronal microtubules.

Neural Correlates of Consciousness (NCC)

The search for the minimal neuronal mechanisms jointly sufficient for any one specific conscious percept.

Idealism in Philosophy of Mind

Bernardo Kastrup's analytical idealism and the philosophical tradition arguing consciousness is fundamental, not matter.

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