What Role Does Consciousness Play In Biological Selforganization

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• We hypothesize that consciousness may be at the heart of a universal biological learning algorithm — one that runs on self-organizing groups of communicating cells sharing evolutionary incentives — and that it creates rather than results from organized mental architecture.hypothesis0.789
  The Genesis Hypothesis as explicit predictive conjecture
• What computational function does consciousness serve, and what functional organization is sufficient for its presence?question0.781
  Opening motivating question addressed by the paper's thesis
• Human consciousness is tied to a biological learning algorithm — the simplest algorithm discoverable by evolutionary search to train a self-organizing biological substrate to become intelligent.claim0.776
  Core theoretical claim connecting consciousness to biological learning
• How Can Cognition And Consciousness Exist In Biologicalquestion0.771
• The science of consciousness should remain open to the possibility of minds in unconventional embodiments.hypothesis0.767
  Normative conclusion and forward-looking hypothesis based on theoretical and empirical evidence reviewed.
• Science of Consciousness in Artificial Systemsconcept0.767
  The emerging research domain the paper aims to contribute to: systematic study of consciousness-relevant dynamics in AI
• Consciousness features occur substrate-neutrally across brains, unconventional embodiments, and information-processing systems.claim0.763
• Where Exactly Can Consciousness Be Found In Biologicalquestion0.763