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Monthly Archives: February 2015

On Cognition
Blog, Consciousness

On Cognition

February 10, 2015 Robert Wortham Leave a comment

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I've just finished reading Daniel Dennett's weighty tome Consciousness Explained (1991). He uses almost 500 pages to explain and defend his 'Multiple Drafts Model' as an alternative to the widely assumed Cartesian Theatre model of conscious thought.

René Descartes was a 17th century philosopher who essentially postulated that … Continue Reading ››

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Rob Wortham and R5 Robot

I am a Senior Lecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Systems within the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Bath, UK. My primary interests are in artificial intelligence within the context of autonomous robotics. I am particularly interested in robot transparency - how to make robots so that we can better understand them. I'm also interested in developing transparent action selection mechanisms.

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Recent Posts

  • IET Responsible AI Webinar
  • Highlights for Academic Year 2020/21
  • ALTAI – A new assessment tool from the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (HLEG)
  • New Book: Transparency for Robots and Autonomous Systems
  • ROS-Instinct: A new reactive planner for the Robot Operating System (ROS)

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