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Will Mayner

@wgpm.bsky.social

neuroscience · scientific computing

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Will Mayner@wgpm.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I was very happy to talk about my work on extending Integrated Information Theory to account for perception & meaning with @algarwegian.bsky.social. The talk is geared towards those already familiar with IIT, but may still be of interest even if you're not. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2412.21111

Intrinsic meaning, perception, and matching

Integrated information theory (IIT) argues that the substrate of consciousness is a maximally irreducible complex of units. Together, subsets of the complex specify a cause-effect structure, composed ...

arxiv.org

Naotsugu Tsuchiya@naotsuchiya.bsky.social · 8mo ago

[Qstr-IIT summer school 2025] Day 4 Will Mayner: Matching and Meaning in IIT youtu.be/NN0vxe0Xp8c?... @YouTube

Will Mayner@wgpm.bsky.social · last yr.

In case you missed it, the infamous “IIT is pseudoscience” letter has been published in @natureneuro.bsky.social (rdcu.be/ecZIL), along with our reply (rdcu.be/ec7QV) and an excellent nonpartisan commentary from Àlex Gómez-Marín and @anilseth.bsky.social (rdcu.be/ec7XF)

What makes a theory of consciousness unscientific?

Nature Neuroscience - Theories of consciousness have a long and controversial history. One well-known proposal — integrated information theory — has recently been labeled as...

rdcu.be

Will Mayner@wgpm.bsky.social · 2y ago

New preprint out with @algarwegian.bsky.social and Giulio Tononi arxiv.org/abs/2412.21111 Some questions we address 👇 🧵 @joannaszczotka.bsky.social @renzocom.bsky.social @ksks.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social @davidchalmers.bsky.social @romainbrette.bsky.social

Intrinsic meaning, perception, and matching

Integrated information theory (IIT) argues that the substrate of consciousness is a maximally irreducible complex of units. Together, subsets of the complex specify a cause-effect structure, composed ...

arxiv.org