- you can represent complex state in a distributed way, so each neuron only encodes a small part of a larger signal
- the system has a working model of the environment, including our value judgements for all states, which are basically our emotions
Such a system can have experience because it has a latent space to encode experience in. It feels like something to be an agent because of the external environment and internal models of the environment, which include imagination and emotions. And this feeling is essential in choosing our actions, so there is a feedback loop action-to-emotion, then emotion-to-action. Our feelings are causal.
- you can represent complex state in a distributed way, so each neuron only encodes a small part of a larger signal
- the system has a working model of the environment, including our value judgements for all states, which are basically our emotions
Such a system can have experience because it has a latent space to encode experience in. It feels like something to be an agent because of the external environment and internal models of the environment, which include imagination and emotions. And this feeling is essential in choosing our actions, so there is a feedback loop action-to-emotion, then emotion-to-action. Our feelings are causal.