Where is it then ? Mathematics , continue ....
Actually I am exploring Max Tegmark's proposition that consciousness itself is an emergent quality based on mathematical information sharing principles. Types and Forms of computing and if these computations can be symbolized with mathematics and used for practical application.
The current mantra that "the neural network causes consciousness " is not nearly close enough for me.
IMO, Tegmark argues that everything in this universe has an inherent relational value and that these values can be measured for mathematical consistency and analyzed for a deeper understanding and utilized for possible medical purposes and application for such new technologies like AI and robotics in general.
Humans are made from physical stuff. Physical stuff has measurable relational values. The human brain and neural network is made from physical stuff, measurable quantitative and qualitative values.
It is now proposed that AI is already being used to augment human thought in many constructive mathematically creative algorithms. Unlike the human brain the AI never gets tired and is able to process enormous amounts of data in a very short time with exquisite accuracy. It's learning capability is technically unlimited and logic gateways are known value control mechanisms, such as found in humans as Interoception, the subconscious control mechanism that regulates homeostasis in all biological organisms.
Interoception is not affected by anesthetics which renders the conscious mind completely oblivious to external stimulation. A person may be in a coma for months oblivious to the world, yet the Interoceptive region of the brain keeps the body's homeostatic processess in perfect balance, and speaks for the computational abilities that are required in maintaining electrochemical homeostatic balance in a living organism as large as a person.
The implications are really interesting.
The thing is, rather than asking the "hard question" of
consciousness for which we cannot even offer a definition, let alone a solution to a direction in approaching the question.
Tegmark observes, "if we cannot ask the
hard question, why not start with
hard facts for which we have physical evidence and should be able to quantify into mathematical terms.
I tend to agree with him on the pure objectivity in the abstract logical sense.
If mathematics is indeed a measurable essence of the 3D dynamical universal spacetime fabric and the expressed physical patterns in nature consist of sets of relational values, we can measure everything from at least that perspective and learn all there is to know about the mathematical nature of nature and it's role in the evolution of everything....