Episode 3: The Mathematical Turn

Focus: Integrated Information Theory (IIT) 4.0

From Philosophy to Geometry: Moving beyond intuitions to a mathematical measurement of sentience.

The Five Axioms: The self-evident properties of experience: Intrinsic Existence, Composition, Information, Integration, and Exclusion.

Calculating Φ (Big Phi): The six-step pipeline for measuring a system's integrated information, including the Transition Probability Matrix (TPM) and the Minimum Information Partition (MIP).

Zombies vs. Grids: Why feed-forward AI networks (like LLMs) are "perfect zombies" (Φ=0), whereas an inactive "silent grid" with recurrent feedback loops could be genuinely conscious.

Empirical Testing: Reviewing the Cogitate Consortium results and the Perturbational Complexity Index (PCI) used to detect consciousness ...