JOURNAL of MULTISCALE NEUROSCIENCE

Abstract

​The advent of Generative AI has transformed creative and analytical landscapes, leveraging vast datasets to produce sophisticated outputs with remarkable efficiency. Despite these advancements, human judgment and adaptability remain indispensable for navigating complex, dynamic, and context-sensitive environments. This editorial explores the interplay between human cognition, AI, and quantum biological consciousness, emphasizing how the brain’s multiscalar adaptability can inform the development of conscious AI systems.

At the core of this exploration is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), which seeks to emulate human cognitive flexibility, reasoning, and learning within computational paradigms. While AGI excels in predefined tasks, it falters in managing uncertainty and unpredictability. Strong Artificial Intelligence (SAI), by contrast, envisions systems capable of mind-like processes—managing uncertainty and anticipating unexpected events. Achieving SAI requires a deeper understanding of the brain’s adaptability, spanning multiple scales from synaptic plasticity to precognitive consciousness.

Consciousness, defined as the phenomenal experience or the subjective "feeling" of awareness, remains a formidable challenge in AI development. Current neural architectures, such as those in deep learning, can mimic patterns of intentionality but lack the intrinsic depth of consciousness. Multiscale adaptability offers a novel perspective, highlighting the brain’s dynamic, non-linear interactions across various scales. Consciousness, in this view, is not a static state but a fluid process, driven by self-referential pathways and diachronic adaptability...

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Keywords:  Conscious AI, Generative AI, Strong AI, Deep Learning, Brain Adaptability, Multiscale Brain

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Lead Editor

Shantipriya Parida

Senior AI Scientist at Silo AI, 00180 Helsinki, Finland

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Conflict of Interest

The author declares no conflict of interest

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Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Neural Press.

This is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the CC BY 4.0 license.

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