An affective computational model for machine consciousness

TL;DR

This paper reviews existing consciousness models and proposes an affective computational model incorporating emotions and personality to enhance machine consciousness in robotics.

Contribution

It introduces a novel affective computational model that integrates emotions and personality, addressing gaps in previous models for humanoid robotics.

Findings

Highlights importance of affective attributes in machine consciousness

Proposes a model enabling human-like emotional interaction

Discusses integration of deep learning for sensory perception

Abstract

In the past, several models of consciousness have become popular and have led to the development of models for machine consciousness with varying degrees of success and challenges for simulation and implementations. Moreover, affective computing attributes that involve emotions, behavior and personality have not been the focus of models of consciousness as they lacked motivation for deployment in software applications and robots. The affective attributes are important factors for the future of machine consciousness with the rise of technologies that can assist humans. Personality and affection hence can give an additional flavor for the computational model of consciousness in humanoid robotics. Recent advances in areas of machine learning with a focus on deep learning can further help in developing aspects of machine consciousness in areas that can better replicate human sensory perceptions such as speech recognition and vision. With such advancements, one encounters further challenges in developing models that can synchronize different aspects of affective computing. In this paper, we review some existing models of consciousnesses and present an affective computational model that would enable the human touch and feel for robotic systems.