A Global Workspace Model Implementation and its Relations with Philosophy of Mind
Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness October 25, 2021 E.c. Garrido-Merchán, M. Molina, Francisco M. Mendoza-Soto 4 citations
Consciousness may offer evolutionary advantages that can be replicated in autonomous agents. This work presents a cognitive model for an autonomous agent based on global workspace theory, where a conscious-like bottleneck integrates and controls information from subsystems like attention, memory, and inner preferences. The agent navigates an environment of multiple independent magnitudes, adapting to find optimal positions according to its preferences. Large experiments show that agents with this architecture benefit from enhanced performance, supporting the idea that imitating a conscious cognitive structure can improve autonomous decision-making and adaptability.