An event that will change everything
In June 2010, Scientific American published an article that identified twelve events in technology that would "change everything".
The aim of MECA SAPIENS is to generate one of these events: machine self-awareness.
The objective of the MECA SAPIENS project is to design a conscious machine.
To achieve this, it follows a standard engineering development process.
This is a radical departure from current research in Machine Consciousness (learn more...).
Consciousness specified
The first step of the engineering development process is called Requirements and Specifications. Its purpose is to clarify the requirements motivating the work and define the objective (consciousness) in terms of unambiguous and achievable specifications.
This step has been completed. For the first time, machine consciousness is clearly defined in terms of achievable specifications. The MECA SAPIENS requirements and specifications of machine consciousness are published in The Creation of a Conscious Machine.
Framework in progress
The second step of the process is System Design. Its objective is to produce the realistic outline of a complete solution to achieve the specifications.
Work on the System Design (called the Framework) is in progress. When the Framework is sufficiently advanced, it will be presented in workshops where the AI community will be invited to participate in its further development.
Once the Framework is completed, machine consciousness will have been specified and a complete solution outlined. Implementation can then follow. It will be possible to design and build conscious machines (learn more...).
Author and publisher
The author of MECA SAPIENS is Jean E. Tardy.
MECA SAPIENS is published by Monterège.
