Cognitive Science & AI Success Argument
Overview
Computational models of cognition (e.g., language processing, problem solving, reasoning, planning) have been highly successful, as have mechanistic AI implementations. These successes suggest that computational descriptions can fully capture mental processes. If cognitive capacities are computationally explainable, perhaps phenomenal consciousness is too.
Responses
Consciousness and cognition are plausibly orthogonal as physical phenomena, even if they are seemingly closely related in the human brain and evolutionary history.
Further reading
- Doerig et al. (2023). The Neuroconnectionist Research Programme