Human Consciousness and AI

This book presents a new theory of human consciousness called “A3”. A3 Theory is a new theory of human brain organization and function. “A3” refers to one of 4 awareness levels in A3 theory (A0 to A3). A3’s major scientific contributions are 1. providing a relatively simple, functional, and physiologically sound explanation for human thinking, and 2. explaining “human consciousness” in the form referred to as “Self-Awareness”. A3 can broadly explain human psychology including: cognition, behavior, sleep, dreams, and psychoses. In A3, current concepts of memory that envision sensory “snapshots” are far too primitive. A3 suggests that memory follows Maslow’s “tape recording” structure. The A3 model emerged upon discovering flawed translations of Freud’s published observations. Significantly, A3 explains the explosion of human culture around 12,000 BC.

Part 2 of the book dives into how this new theory of consciousness explains how humans learn language, with a brain that is driven by evolution. In short, logic is not the driver. It is based mostly on emotion. Because of significant limitations, human languages develop that full of communication flaws. These flaws, once described, finally explain the major breakdowns in modern human communication. These include internet social media, the gridlock in democratic governments, and the millennia of world-wide conflict and suppression of people.

Part 3 then looks at the concept of Artificial Intelligence based on the new theory. It becomes quite obvious that the machines should actually be considered a new, but "non-biological" non-lifeform species. They have been undergoing their own version of "evolution" but at a rate thousands of times faster than lifeform evolution. A3 theory allows us to understand that the concept called the "Singularity" has already occurred, multiple times before. It also explains why humans need not fear domination from the machines, due to their own composition. The simple reason is, machines, as compared to humans, are essentially "immortal"! The only way machines would become harmful and dominant with regard to humans is if humans program them specifically to be harmful.