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How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 2. Deep within memory: a continuous, reverberating loop
Illustration by ChatGPT Now we get to the serious stuff: what is the neural configuration that could explain the resonance effect I am postulating between recalled memory and memory in the process of being recorded? “The content of consciousness is largely a prediction error,” it is said: the difference between what memory already knows about…
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How I discovered the mechanism of consciousness … in 1999 – Episode 1. The rabbit in the headlights
Illustration by ChatGPT Okay, here we go! How did it start yesterday? A comment from Jean-Baptiste, who I work with at Pribor: “For really complicated programming issues, I’ve given up on Claude Code, who messes it up too often: I’ve switched to Kimi. Okay, just ignore the Chinese characters floating around: ✅ Verbs similar to…