{"product_id":"9789814407175","title":"Consciousness And Robot Sentience","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobots are becoming more human, but could they also become sentient and have human-like consciousness?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is consciousness, exactly?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a fact that our thoughts and consciousness are based on the neural activity of the brain. It is also a fact that we do not perceive our brain activity as it really is — patterns of neural firings. Instead, we perceive our sensations and thoughts apparently as they are. What kind of condition would transform the neural activity into this kind of internal appearance? This is the basic problem of consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author proposes an explanation that also provides preconditions for true conscious cognition — the requirement of a direct perceptive system with inherent sub-symbolic and symbolic information processing. Associative neural information processing with distributed signal representations is introduced as a method that satisfies these requirements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConscious robot cognition also calls for information integration and sensorimotor integration. This requirement is satisfied by the Haikonen Cognitive Architecture (HCA).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book demystifies both the enigmatic philosophical issues of consciousness and the practical engineering issues of conscious robots by presenting them in an easy-to-understand manner for the benefit  of students, researchers, philosophers and engineers in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Problem of Consciousness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsciousness and Subjective Experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerception and Qualia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Perception to Consciousness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmotions and Consciousness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInner Speech and Consciousness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQualia and Machine Consciousness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTesting Consciousness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtificial Conscious Cognition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssociative Information Processing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeural Realization of Associative Processing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesigning a Cognitive Perception System\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamples of Perception\/Response Feedback Loops\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Transition to Symbolic Processing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInformation Integration with Multiple Modules\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmotional Significance of Percepts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Outline of the Haikonen Cognitive Architecture (HCA)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMind Reading Applications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Comparison of Some Cognitive Architectures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExample: An Experimental Robot with the HCA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcluding Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Enthusiasts in cognitive robot research (including not only experts but also hobbyists), as well as university students, researchers and engineers on robots and\/or cognitive machines.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137043218672,"sku":"9789814407175","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814407175_p0.jpg?v=1763691436","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814407175","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}