Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Integr Psychol Behav Sci. 2023 Sep;57(3):937-949. doi: 10.1007/s12124-022-09684-6. Epub 2022 Mar 31.
The QBIT theory is a recently introduced multi-disciplinary approach to the problem of consciousness. One of the main axioms of the theory is that when information-theoretic certainty of an observer about a stimulus goes beyond a certain threshold, the observer becomes conscious of that stimulus. This axiom could provide an explanation for how the brain generates consciousness.In short, the QBIT theory suggests that the brain generates consciousness by reducing the entropy of its internal representations below a critical threshold. This paper explains how the brain gradually minimizes the entropy of its internal representations and consequently generate minimum-entropy representations (also known as conscious representations or qualia). The paper also explores the consequences of this entropy-minimization process in the context of quantum information theory.
QBIT 理论是一种最近提出的多学科方法，用于研究意识问题。该理论的主要公理之一是，当观察者对刺激的信息论确定性超过某个阈值时，观察者就会意识到该刺激。这一公理可以解释大脑如何产生意识。简而言之，QBIT 理论认为，大脑通过将内部表示的熵降低到一个临界阈值以下来产生意识。本文解释了大脑如何逐渐使内部表示的熵最小化，并因此产生最小熵表示（也称为有意识表示或质）。本文还探讨了这一熵最小化过程在量子信息论背景下的后果。
