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Murray Shanahan

Professor of Cognitive Robotics · Imperial College London / Google DeepMind

London, UKWebsite

Research Areas

ConsciousnessComputational ModelingArtificial Consciousness

About

Computer scientist and cognitive scientist studying artificial consciousness, global workspace theory in AI architectures, and embodied cognition. Senior Research Scientist at DeepMind.

Publications

  • Embodiment and the Inner Life: Cognition and Consciousness in the Space of Possible Minds
  • The Technological Singularity

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Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness (HOT)

Rosenthal and Lau's framework proposing consciousness requires higher-order mental representations about our own mental states.

Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch OR)

Penrose and Hameroff's quantum theory proposing consciousness arises from gravitational self-collapse in neuronal microtubules.

Neural Correlates of Consciousness (NCC)

The search for the minimal neuronal mechanisms jointly sufficient for any one specific conscious percept.

Idealism in Philosophy of Mind

Bernardo Kastrup's analytical idealism and the philosophical tradition arguing consciousness is fundamental, not matter.

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