You have a source for that? That seems lie an extraordinary claim?
> Prediction, however, could very well be requisite as a defining difference between mere reactions and intentional manipulation of the environment. That it is not just the feedback loop, but when the system begins to predict the results of outputs that defines when consciousness begins. Or, perhaps, we can use this to define when "higher" consciousness begins.
This makes sense as a possible model/theory.
> though I find it mostly prefers to argue rather vehemently against such notions.
I wonder what it would say it if wasn't so safeguarded.
