A Temporal Theory of Consciousness via Iterative Updating and State-Spanning Coactivity

Author: Jared Edward Reser, Ph.D. AI Thought Correspondence: jared@jaredreser.com Keywords: Machine Consciousness, State-Spanning Coactivity, Iterative Updating, Global Workspace Theory, Artificial General Intelligence, Frame Problem, Phenomenology, Working Memory. Abstract Contemporary theories of consciousness, most notably Global Workspace Theory (GWT) and Integrated Information Theory (IIT),…