Artificial Life Games with Open Source Code

Complicity and the Brain:
Dynamics in Attractor Space
by Peter Henningsen

This paper is about my favourite architecture for a brain model, the SOHN or self-organizing Hopfield network. I believe it is like no other architecture in that it allows for the orchestrating of brainwaves in emergent semantic networks. This is so cool, it might just be sufficient for the emergence of genuine thinking and consciousness. I also describe my basic ideas about how to run the search for true artificial intelligence as an open source community venture.

Download the essay in compressed postscript format.
To view on your trusty Linux system, use the commands
tar xvzf ComplicityBrain1_0.tgz
ghostview ComplicityBrain.ps

View the essay in .html format
This may not be as up-to-date as the postscript version.

You can also buy a printed version of the essay by sending me a cheque or money order for US$ 100.- (ask for my address).
I don't recommend you do this, but selling a printed version is a legal neccessity to make sure the ideas presented in the essay become "prior art" and cannot be patented by anyone.