#christofkoch — Public Fediverse posts

I'm looking around for material that would provide someone without a background in neuroscience some understanding of the debate about Integrated Information Theory and the study of consciousness.

I've read Tononi and Koch's 2015 "Consciousness: here, there, and everywhere?"
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0167

I was wondering what have been the most important critiques of this theory, and where the debate now stands.

Thanks for any suggestions you might have.

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New clues in the search for the roots of consciousness
Seven years after they started, neuroscientists have published the results of a landmark study that was designed to determine which theory of human consciousness came closest to the mark — and those results are decidedly mixed.

The bad news i
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/30/new-clues-in-the-search-for-the-roots-of-consciousness/
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Why it’ll get harder to draw the line between AI and us
Some say artificial intelligence will be humanity's greatest helper. Others warn that AI will become humanity's most dangerous rival. But maybe there's a third alternative --- with AI agents achieving the status of
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/11/05/why-itll-get-harder-to-draw-the-line-between-ai-and-us/
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#ChristofKoch - Is #Consciousness #Unified?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rXtsziYsVA

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#ChristofKoch - What Makes #PersonalIdentity Continue?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzR9fBXEfEY

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#ChristofKoch - Is #Consciousness Ultimate #Reality?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPMBgYzAanc

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#ChristofKoch - Is #Consciousness Entirely #Physical?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UebSFufSse0

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#ChristofKoch - Are #Brain and #Mind the Same Thing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DX6nu7Qe3o

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#ChristofKoch - How #BrainScientists Think About #Consciousness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQUffJI4vSs&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

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#ChristofKoch - How are #Brains #Conscious?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kQ3-Hgxg_0&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

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#ChristofKoch - What Are #Brains?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul7cmivFkHU&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

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#ChristofKoch - Is #Information the #Foundation of #Reality ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjv39eOskYY&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

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