The Analog Mind: Connectionism, Consciousness and Mental Representation

我们项目的目的是探索关于信息在大脑中编码和处理的方式以及大脑制造意识的方式的新猜想。这项工作最终可能会带来丰厚的回报，因为它可以减少精神分裂症等扰乱意识体验的精神疾病的发生率。它还可能导致人工神经网络中更强大的计算形式的发展。这将对人工智能产业产生重大影响，给澳大利亚带来明显的经济效益。

The aim of our project is to explore novel conjectures about the way information is coded and processed in the brain, and the manner in which the brain manufactures consciousness. This work may eventually pay rich dividends by reducing the incidence of mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, that disturb conscious experience. It may also lead to the development of more powerful forms of computation in artificial neural networks. This will have a significant impact on the artificial intelligence industry, with obvious economic benefits for Australia.