Bootstrap Problem

The problem of how an unorganized substrate can build coherent models of reality using only its own activity; consciousness is proposed as the solution

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Hypotheses (1)

hypothesis

Consciousness is the simplest learning algorithm discoverable by evolutionary search to train a self-organizing biological substrate to become intelligent in service of agency
supports
CIMC's specific account of what consciousness is and why it evolved

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