Imagination as General Intelligence: Reconciling Consciousness and Free Will
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- Introduces the Predictive Timeline Simulation (PTS) Framework, reframing consciousness as an evolved predictive simulation engine.
- Combines neuroscience, predictive processing, and the Block Universe model of spacetime for a testable account of consciousness.
- Philosophy: Proposes qualia as a data format for navigating a deterministic universe.
- Neuroscience: Models the brain’s 'common core network' and predictive systems for simulating future timelines.
- Clinical Science: Introduces the Simulation Misfiling Hypothesis, linking schizophrenia to executive control breakdown in simulation.
- Artificial Intelligence: Outlines a blueprint for AGI based on imagination and simulating novel futures.
- Grounded in physics and evolution, offering a unified, multidisciplinary framework.