Notes on Measures for Information Access in Neuroscience and AI Systems

Giulio Prevedello, Giulio Prevedello, Luis Marcos-Vidal, Emanuele Brugnoli, Emanuele Brugnoli, Pietro Gravino, Pietro Gravino

2024

Abstract

With the increasing prevalence of artificial systems in society, it is imperative to ensure transparency in machine decision processes. To better elucidate their decisions, artificial systems must possess an awareness of the information they handle. This includes the understanding of information flow, integration and impact on the final outcome. A specific facet of awareness, termed access-consciousness, denotes the ability of information to be utilised in reasoning and the rational control of action (and speech). This study proposes a method for measuring access to information within a system by examining the communication dynamics among its components, specifically focusing on connectivity. To achieve this, we initially delineate the various types of connectivity in the brain and then propose their translation to artificial systems. Structural connections are highlighted as mechanisms enabling one component to access information from another. Additionally, we explore functional connectivity, which gauges the extent to which information from one component is utilised by another. Finally, operational connectivity is introduced to describe how information propagates from one component to the entire system. This framework aims to contribute to a clearer understanding of information access in both biological and artificial systems.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Prevedello G., Marcos-Vidal L., Brugnoli E. and Gravino P. (2024). Notes on Measures for Information Access in Neuroscience and AI Systems. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 3: AWAI; ISBN 978-989-758-680-4, SciTePress, pages 1429-1435. DOI: 10.5220/0012596000003636

in Bibtex Style

@conference{awai24,
author={Giulio Prevedello and Luis Marcos-Vidal and Emanuele Brugnoli and Pietro Gravino},
title={Notes on Measures for Information Access in Neuroscience and AI Systems},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 3: AWAI},
year={2024},
pages={1429-1435},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012596000003636},
isbn={978-989-758-680-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 3: AWAI
TI - Notes on Measures for Information Access in Neuroscience and AI Systems
SN - 978-989-758-680-4
AU - Prevedello G.
AU - Marcos-Vidal L.
AU - Brugnoli E.
AU - Gravino P.
PY - 2024
SP - 1429
EP - 1435
DO - 10.5220/0012596000003636
PB - SciTePress