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    Video: Can We Measure Consciousness?

    ByGreg KestinThe Nature of RealityThe Nature of Reality

    What makes a brain or a machine conscious? How conscious is your computer? Could robots become more conscious than we are?

    While there are a number of theories of consciousness, there is one theory that actually provides a means to calculate “consciousness,” and it is beginning to provide some answers to these questions. The theory is called the Integrated Information Theory of consciousness – watch the video below to learn more!

    This project/research was supported by grant number FQXi-RFP-1822 from the Foundational Questions Institute and Fetzer Franklin Fund, a donor-advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation.