Quantum consciousness...

[I_am_not_mafia]

Do you think consciousness is unique to us (only comes about with a certain level of brain/neuron density) or a natural product (byproduct) to all living things with a brain?
As far as animals go, do all animals require it for survival? Maybe it is the only manifestation of the brain which ensures ultimate survival of the species?

I personally think that the more intelligent the animal, the more conscious it is likely to be, and to know what it is doing and why. Particularly if it is a pack animal and needs to know where it is in relation to others in order to hunt or to anticipate the actions of your fellow species.

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How did you propose that the agent perform temporal sequence learning?

I gave it a signal that told it how well it was doing. I did not specify what to do with that signal, but the strength of that signal could only be changed by temporal sequence learning.

 How does it learn to predict an event, or perform an action, for example?  Having done so, what then accounts for it's ability to do so again

I don't know. I didn't tell it what to do. It self organised.

Actually I have since visualised it in action and now have a vague idea as to what it is doing, and it surprised me, but I don't want to say because it's the basis of my next paper. It's also somewhat complex to explain.

In short, where are these plans of action, these algorithms....  stored?

There is no algorithm specifying how it should perform temporal sequence learning. What I did was create a system that would settle into a stable state. The trick was in creating the right components. I have no doubt that I could have used my neural networks to do it instead, and if so then I could recreate it my garden using a system of pipes and water cisterns. Such a system would not be adequately described using an algorithm but by the changes in water pressure within it.