Qualia Formalism

Michael Johnson's formal approach to understanding qualia.

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Michael Edward Johnson
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Author of the vasocomputation paper; researcher at Symmetry Institute (QRI) studying consciousness, active inference, and Buddhist phenomenology.

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Qualiaconcept0.874
The hard problem target: whether LLM internal states are qualitatively experienced
Qualia Research Instituteinstitute0.774
Research institute studying human consciousness and phenomenology, where cube_flipper collaborates.
Navigation Formalismframework0.757
Causal graph formalism (Wolfram physics style)framework0.722
Janus proposes transformer computation viewed as causal graph with foliations/time-slices specifying computation order.
Qualitative-Quantitative Theory Classification Axisconcept0.718
Problem Space Formalismframework0.713
nondeterminismconcept0.712
Inherent in Linda because an in statement chooses one matching tuple arbitrarily; essential for many parallel patterns.
How Can We Model And Mathematically Formalize Thequestion0.712