DocumentCode :
2544185
Title :
Towards the development of machine consciousness: Implications of Western philosophy and Buddhism
Author :
De Silva, Daswin ; Alahakoon, Damminda ; Rajapakse, Jayantha
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Inf. Technol., Monash Univ., Clayton, VIC, Australia
fYear :
2010
fDate :
17-19 Dec. 2010
Firstpage :
565
Lastpage :
570
Abstract :
This paper presents a comparative study of perspectives from Western philosophy and Buddhism on higher cognitive functions of learning, knowledge and consciousness. This study actuated from the foundational work completed to develop an incremental learning algorithm with a knowledge acquiring disposition to address limitations in learning continuous data spaces. The morphological development of this algorithm, the Incremental Knowledge Acquiring Self-Learning (IKASL) algorithm, was motivated by abstractions of the thought process from Western philosophy and cognitive psychology while findings in neuroscience instigated the functional development. Despite the contrasting nature of the fundamental principle of Western philosophy and Buddhism, the explication of mental functions from the two schools of thought presents a case for comparison. We present this comparison followed by a discussion of potential implications of Buddhist teachings towards the development of a computational model that is indicative of machine consciousness.
Keywords :
cognition; human factors; knowledge acquisition; learning (artificial intelligence); philosophical aspects; Western philosophy; cognitive; incremental learning algorithm; knowledge acquisition; machine consciousness; motivation; self-learning; Adaptation model; Brain modeling; Cognition; Computational modeling; Education; Humans; Psychology;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAFs), 2010 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Colombo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8549-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICIAFS.2010.5715725
Filename :
5715725
Link To Document :
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