Sited Articles: Consciousness as Integrated Information: a Provisional Manifesto Biol. Bull. December 2008 vol. 215 no. 3 216-242 Unsearchables Nathaniel De Large // Patrick Mohundro The premise Unsearchables lies in the archetype of Google and the collective power it extends to its users. A thought comes to an artist and as a way to validate it, the artist will use Google’s search engine to confirm whether or not another artist has presented the same thought within the reach of Google’s platform. An inventor or individual will do the same. Occasionally, an individual following a singular inclination may come up empty handed while perusing Google search results. Google has shortcuts, code, and interfaces to assist in the refinement of the search, allowing for the creation of an even more specific notion. These rare instances of inspiration are the least searched or, Unsearchables. How do Unsearchables exist online; in Google’s databases? Thoughts are entered into Google’s system for crosschecking but never published into the Internet’s collective consciousness; they exist hidden in the enormous flow of data. In effect, Unsearchables are meaningful contributions to the web with no current platform for consumption. Unsearchables creates a platform in which these notions can be consumed. Applying Guilio Tononi’s consciousness theory* to Google’s ubiquity allows for the assumption that, as a system that can connect and use our information, its integration into one’s life breathes consciousness into it. By extension, we can allow that Google’s capacity for consciousness is as large as our contributions to the Internet. The object of Unsearchables is to enter into correspondence with Google, solicit their assistance in defining Unsearchables, and acquire documentation to be added to the AUP library. The AUP library will provide public domain for the searches and documentation. *Tononi’s theory defines consciousness as the capacity of a system to connect and use information. The idea rests on two observations: (1) a single moment of human experience is one of the most information-heavy observations in the universe and (2) integration makes every conscious experience a unified whole. Sited Articles: Consciousness as Integrated Information: a Provisional Manifesto Biol. Bull. December 2008 vol. 215 no. 3 216-242
Sited Articles: Consciousness as Integrated Information: a Provisional Manifesto Biol. Bull. December 2008 vol. 215 no. 3 216-242 Unsearchables Nathaniel De Large // Patrick Mohundro The premise Unsearchables lies in the archetype of Google and the collective power it extends to its users. A thought comes to an artist and as a way to validate it, the artist will use Google’s search engine to confirm whether or not another artist has presented the same thought within the reach of Google’s platform. An inventor or individual will do the same. Occasionally, an individual following a singular inclination may come up empty handed while perusing Google search results. Google has shortcuts, code, and interfaces to assist in the refinement of the search, allowing for the creation of an even more specific notion. These rare instances of inspiration are the least searched or, Unsearchables. How do Unsearchables exist online; in Google’s databases? Thoughts are entered into Google’s system for crosschecking but never published into the Internet’s collective consciousness; they exist hidden in the enormous flow of data. In effect, Unsearchables are meaningful contributions to the web with no current platform for consumption. Unsearchables creates a platform in which these notions can be consumed. Applying Guilio Tononi’s consciousness theory* to Google’s ubiquity allows for the assumption that, as a system that can connect and use our information, its integration into one’s life breathes consciousness into it. By extension, we can allow that Google’s capacity for consciousness is as large as our contributions to the Internet. The object of Unsearchables is to enter into correspondence with Google, solicit their assistance in defining Unsearchables, and acquire documentation to be added to the AUP library. The AUP library will provide public domain for the searches and documentation. *Tononi’s theory defines consciousness as the capacity of a system to connect and use information. The idea rests on two observations: (1) a single moment of human experience is one of the most information-heavy observations in the universe and (2) integration makes every conscious experience a unified whole. Sited Articles: Consciousness as Integrated Information: a Provisional Manifesto Biol. Bull. December 2008 vol. 215 no. 3 216-242