David Rudrauf

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David Rudrauf is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of consciousness studies, computational neuroscience, and artificial intelligence. His work centers on developing formal, mathematical models of subjective experience, most notably through the **Projective Consciousness Model (PCM)**. This framework, grounded in projective geometry, proposes that consciousness functions as a structured, egocentric spatial workspace that integrates perception, imagination, emotion, and social cognition to guide adaptive behavior. Rudrauf’s major contributions include demonstrating how this model can account for perspective-taking, motivation, and the control of action, bridging phenomenology with computational mechanisms. His 2021 paper on modeling the subjective perspective of consciousness (11 citations) and his 2023 comprehensive exposition of the PCM (5 citations) are foundational texts in the field. He has further extended this work into biological cybernetics, exploring how the PCM can generate both adaptive and maladaptive behaviors in artificial agents. By providing a rigorous, testable architecture for consciousness, Rudrauf is reshaping our understanding of how subjective experience emerges from neural dynamics and how it can be instantiated in AI systems.

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1. 1
   Modeling the subjective perspective of consciousness and its role in the control of behaviours

   11 citations · 2021
2. 2
   The Projective Consciousness Model: Projective Geometry at the Core of Consciousness and the Integration of Perception, Imagination, Motivation, Emotion, Social Cognition and Action

   5 citations · 2023
3. 3
   The role of consciousness in biological cybernetics: emergent adaptive and maladaptive behaviours in artificial agents governed by the projective consciousness model

   2 citations · 2020

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