Structure Invention by Conscious Agents

Explore a thought-provoking lecture on the reversal of the "hard problem of consciousness" presented at the Models of Consciousness Conference. Delve into D. Hoffman's Interface Theory of Perception and the Conscious Realism Thesis, which propose consciousness as fundamental and the physical world as emergent. Examine evolutionary game theory justifications for interface theory, demonstrating how perceptual strategies focused on fitness outperform those reporting truth. Investigate theorems on fitness beating truth, exploring perceived structures like symmetries, partial orders, and probabilities. Learn about the concept of "conscious agents" and how space-time may be a property of human perceptual interfaces. Discover how this perspective reframes physical objects as icons and phenomena as properties of interacting icons. Through a comprehensive syllabus, gain insights into mathematics, perceptual strategies, structure theorems, and the development of a consciousness model. Conclude by exploring the implications for consciousness sciences, instantiation, and the driving forces behind consciousness.

Introduction
Questioning Assumptions
Mathematics
What is Fitness
Perceptual Strategies
Critical Truth Strategy
Truth Strategy
Resource Game
Interface Strategy
Structure Theorems
Developing a Model of Consciousness
What is a Conscious Agent
Markov Kernels
Minimal Definition
Conscious Agent
Invention of Space
Invention of Space Theorem
probabilistic structure
Consciousness realism thesis
Conclusion
Consciousness Sciences
Instantiation
The Circuit of Conscious Agents
Compression
Interaction Space
Compression Mapping
Information Space
Quantum Decision Kernel
Physical Law
What Drives Consciousness