2026-04-14 15:35 UTC
@michaelgemar@cosocial.ca @dyckron@cosocial.ca - Further: IIT posits that consciousness doesn't just "emerge" from complexity; rather, Integrated Information (Phi) is consciousness.
Because (Phi) can be calculated for almost any system with causal loops, IIT says oeven very simple systems (like a single photodiode or a simple circuit or even atoms or quantum particles) have a tiny, non-zero amount of consciousness.
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@tchambers@indieweb.social 2026-04-14 15:35
@michaelgemar@cosocial.ca @dyckron@cosocial.ca This leads to a form of Panpsychism. If a simple proton or an atom has a tiny bit of internal "integration," IIT says it has a tiny non-zero "spark" of experience. Again I am not convinced or unconvinced yet on this but think it facinating. And several IIT based predictions have seen evidence of accuracy in Alzheimer’s patients, brain studies and sleep studies…