PLoS Comput Biol May 2014 PMID 24811198

From the phenomenology to the mechanisms of consciousness: Integrated Information Theory 3.0.

Masafumi Oizumi, Larissa Albantakis, Giulio Tononi

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The discussions reflect a positive outlook on IIT 3.0, with commenters highlighting its detailed explanations, such as the concepts of integrated information and irreducibility, and sharing resources like tutorials and research papers. The tone indicates curiosity and a desire for deeper understanding, suggesting moderate engagement and appreciation of its potential impact on consciousness studies.

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Most discussions acknowledge the significance of IIT 3.0, with some explicitly supporting its framework and relevance to understanding consciousness.

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Abstract in brief

The paper introduces Integrated Information Theory (IIT), which explains consciousness by linking phenomenological axioms—such as being specific, unified, and having distinct borders—to physical mechanisms, like neurons, that generate experiences.
IIT defines experiences as maximally irreducible conceptual structures (MICS) formed within a system, with the quality of an experience corresponding to the configuration of these structures and the quantity corresponding to the level of integrated information.
The theory predicts that complex systems with certain connectivity can produce conscious experiences even if some elements are inactive, and distinguishes between conscious and unconscious systems, including the possibility of unconscious "zombies" with similar structures but lacking subjective experience.

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Aranea Science · Aug 15, 2021 125 views

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Le Veilleur

@CroiseAlaCape · X

En neurosciences : - Oizumi, M., Albantakis, L., & Tononi, G. (2014). From the Phenomenology to the Mechanisms of Consciousness: Integrated Information Theory 3.0, PLoS Computational Biology. /25

Nov 16, 2025 · 869 followers View post →

tablechaise

@way_CDGM · X

@arttorias_ @PlumeDuLevant @CedFrontiII Moi j en ai https://t.co/7BRI6mAav0 https://t.co/hDP2fCz7CK https://t.co/6iRdRiU3Ay https://t.co/TsrpyIgUOq En revanche des preuves qui réfute ce que j ai dit il y en a pas une seule (bien sûr il y a tjr des questions sur le plan philosophique mais ça ne change rien)

Sep 2, 2024 · 27 followers View post →

Justin T. Sampson

@sampsonetics · X

@davidchalmers42 @JohannesKleiner The main IIT 3.0 paper (https://t.co/Wg3GCSusZR) talks about holding the background constant, but focuses on a single level of granularity. In that case the constant background is a statistical trick for analyzing the causal influence of the system's own elements on each other.

Jul 25, 2024 · 44 followers View post →

Andrew Gallimore

@alieninsect · X

@InformationBot0 @RCarhartHarris Well you should look into it since your critiques don’t make any sense since they misrepresent its definitions. It’s all here: https://t.co/YmleKJZnyC

Jul 23, 2023 · 38,943 followers View post →

Alessandro Cerboni

@inobrec · X

From the Phenomenology to the Mechanisms of Consciousness: Integrated Information Theory 3.0 | PLOS Computational Biology | @scoopit https://t.co/qa6ZHqrgRt

Mar 7, 2023 · 974 followers View post →

pdm9692

@pdm9692 · X

RT @watanaberkyoto: 意識の数値化に関しては、統合情報理論の研究の流れが一番わかりやすいです。 e.g., https://t.co/OUcbZIOsxl 意識研究の医療応用なら、オーウェンらの研究がわかりやすいです。 e.g., https://t.co/C…

Jan 2, 2023 · 3 shares · 65 followers View post →

Adam Safron

@adamsafron · X

1/ Giulio's take on the issue and types of information: https://t.co/5MdvhoKfZ1

Aug 25, 2022 · 2 likes · 2,336 followers View post →

Stand Back Up 2

@BabeTruth2 · X

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Jul 9, 2022 · 19,768 followers View post →

yuuyuu (PI)

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Jul 3, 2022 · 3 shares · 272 followers View post →

Rina Saltman

@rinatie_ceo · X

Jul 3, 2022 · 3 shares · 3,570 followers View post →

Rina Saltman

@rinatie_ceo · X

From the Phenomenology to the Mechanisms of Consciousness: Integrated Information Theory 3.0 | PLOS Computational Biology https://t.co/cCZSxtLAKV

Jul 3, 2022 · 3,570 followers View post →

Ryoichi WATANABE, PhD.

@watanaberkyoto · X

Jul 3, 2022 · 20 likes · 3 shares · 4,147 followers View post →

Ryoichi WATANABE, PhD.

@watanaberkyoto · X

@hangeki_kyoujin 意識の数値化に関しては、統合情報理論の研究の流れが一番わかりやすいです。 e.g., https://t.co/OUcbZIOsxl 意識研究の医療応用なら、オーウェンらの研究がわかりやすいです。 e.g., https://t.co/CXIo7aV5Lx 一般向けのざっくりした意識研究の説明です。 https://t.co/ccnB86ftvG

Jul 3, 2022 · 1 like · 4,147 followers View post →

Sil Hamilton

@srhm_ca · X

To be fair, the same criticism could be levied against IIT; which also happens to be the most rigorous description of consciousness we have to date. Arguments for Cartesian dualism & monism are coming back into style! IIT: https://t.co/RZ9LNeJdn5 https://t.co/O3KcOVQMAn

Jun 15, 2022 · 663 followers View post →

Jordan James Etem

@JordanJamesEtem · X

Oizumi, M., Albantakis, L., Tononi, G.: From the phenomenology to the mechanisms of consciousness: Integrated Information Theory 3.0. PLOS Comput. Biol. 10(5), e1003588 (2014) @pmarca @bhorowitz @a16z https://t.co/EkTgQNaPOb

May 1, 2022 · 12,648 followers View post →

mambo_bab

@mambo_bab · X

（CCBの視点からはフィードバック有無にかかわらず意識有りのモデルですが…）そうなると、この[フィードバック有りのフォトダイオード]モデルらしきものはどのような位置づけなのでしょうか？ #意識研究 IIT 3.0はこちら： https://t.co/DAg0JehPbT

Jan 17, 2022 · 345 followers View post →

Dark Brandon Rises

@iamgabbarson · X

RT @States_AI_IA: From the Phenomenology to the Mechanisms of Consciousness: Integrated Information Theory 3.0 https://t.co/ZTblaQjbyM #a…

Dec 11, 2021 · 2 shares · 544 followers View post →

Data Governance Framework

@gdprAI · X

RT @States_AI_IA: From the Phenomenology to the Mechanisms of Consciousness: Integrated Information Theory 3.0 https://t.co/ZTblaQjbyM #a…

Dec 11, 2021 · 2 shares · 9,024 followers View post →

The Bible of Artificial Intelligence (AI)™

@States_AI_IA · X

From the Phenomenology to the Mechanisms of Consciousness: Integrated Information Theory 3.0 https://t.co/ZTblaQjbyM #ai #artificialintelligence #thebibleofai #openaccess #free

Dec 11, 2021 · 2 shares · 998 followers View post →

Tay

@BioTay · X

Aug 12, 2021 · 2 likes · 20,414 followers View post →

KOBAYASHI Ittoku

@kittoku57 · X

@PurPurkinje 英語が問題ないなら原著論文から入るのも良いと思います．内容も哲学的で難解というわけではありません． https://t.co/JJRBnJQrQE

Jul 8, 2021 · 46 followers View post →

May

@mayyabdou · X

Giulio Tononi https://t.co/G7Ud4U5Vo1

Apr 25, 2021 · 13 followers View post →

Isaac David

@isacdaavid · X

@patchurchland Referring to the most natural thing in the world as "spooky" is indicative of severe misconception about the topic. Anyway, go read this panpsychist proposal (one of many), and do your homework next time: https://t.co/j5GwNtLzdY https://t.co/iQobHK0BL7 https://t.co/NTC8YttzgP

Oct 26, 2020 · 2 likes · 305 followers View post →

sankarg

@sankarganapathy · X

#PLOSCompBio: From the Phenomenology to the Mechanisms of Consciousness: Integrated Information Theory 3.0 https://t.co/L1CmuCYUyc

Sep 20, 2020 · 46 followers View post →

Akinori F. Ebihara

@non_iid · X

[PloS comput biol2014]IIT3.0論文。統合情報理論の公理からtermの定義、cause-effect information, small phi, big phiの概念を段階的に詳しく解説。IIT初学者にも理解できる丁寧な構成になっている。 https://t.co/iD7YKDRo9d

Jul 31, 2020 · 177 followers View post →

えっちゃん

@eccyan · X

内在的情報をシステム内の「違いを生む違い」と定義し、統合情報を「全体で特定され、一部分で特定された情報に戻せない情報」と定義する。 https://t.co/92CPRdcegN

Jul 29, 2020 · 2,137 followers View post →

Masa Yamamoto予測誤差が大きい人生を楽しもう

@mshero_y · X

RT @NaoTsuchiya: 必須ではありませんが、事前に以下の資料を通して背景知識を身につけていることが望まれます。 1. IIT tutorial video by Tsuchiya lab https://t.co/Z732fo19Cn 2. IIT 3.0 pa…

Jul 19, 2020 · 3 shares · 1,067 followers View post →

陽介

@ekusoyt · X

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認知科学若手の会

@jcss_wakate · X

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Nao Tsuchiya

@NaoTsuchiya · X

Jul 18, 2020 · 5 likes · 3 shares · 4,222 followers View post →

Consciousness - tlab

@conscious_tlab · X

Jul 18, 2020 · 7 likes · 4,730 followers View post →

John Tigue

@johntigue · X

Tononi points to this 2014 paper for further study. https://t.co/F3G4IIFgqa

Jul 6, 2020 · 204 followers View post →

tuned

@lorenzogotuned · X

"The postulates are used to define intrinsic information as 'differences that make a difference' within a system, and integrated information as information specified by a whole that cannot be reduced to that specified by its parts.", https://t.co/o3EMUPQapi

May 5, 2020 · 282 followers View post →

electricnoøne

@electricnoone · X

Guilio Tononi: From the Phenomenology to the Mechanisms of Consciousness: Integrated Information Theory 3.0 (2014) https://t.co/sMErKNbNmZ https://t.co/mrrlg4lrls

Apr 4, 2020 View post →

ぺろりんQぶろっくちぇーん

@perorinchain · X

これか？ https://t.co/0cIei9CSj1

Mar 31, 2020 · 366 followers View post →

Türker KILIÇ

@turkerkilic · X

Referans: https://t.co/mj7VqeT1le 4/4

Mar 13, 2020 · 7 likes · 113,803 followers View post →

Edgar Bermudez, PhD

@viajesubmarino · X

Mar 4, 2020 · 4 likes · 676 followers View post →

Oriol Granados

@oriolgb1 · X

@XSalaimartin soc molt seguidor teu, però respecte de la concepció de consciència exposada a l'últim programa "El divan", ni els psicòlegs ens posem d'acord. Adjunto artícle amb una de les teories per si t'interessa: https://t.co/Z1T8QliWFz

Oct 1, 2019 · 13 followers View post →

NonLocalityGuy

@NonLocalityGuy · X

RT @selimonder: trying to read this paper for 2 days, it's intense! A lot of great ideas, and connections. save it for weekend

Jul 23, 2019 · 2 shares · 1,740 followers View post →

sahz

@0xhzsa · X

RT @selimonder: trying to read this paper for 2 days, it's intense! A lot of great ideas, and connections. save it for weekend

Jul 23, 2019 · 2 shares · 247 followers View post →

selim

@selimonder · X

trying to read this paper for 2 days, it's intense! A lot of great ideas, and connections. save it for weekend

Jul 23, 2019 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 651 followers View post →

エア

@irj_d · X

From the phenomenology to the mechanisms of consciousness: Integrated Information Theory 3.0. - PubMed - NCBI https://t.co/7vpBkofV5m

Jul 12, 2019 · 184 followers View post →

Thomas Dinsen

@DinsenThomas · X

Great article from #PLOSCompBio: From the Phenomenology to the Mechanisms of Consciousness: Integrated Information Theory 3.0 - An experience it is what it is by how it differs from alternative experiences. https://t.co/0ATrvUpqzq

Apr 14, 2019 · 1 like · 66 followers View post →

Brian Thoroman MSc. PhD

@BThoroman · X

@DrPaulSalmon If you're interested in a bit more of a dig into how to get MIP. BTW, I love the number of times they say 'zombie' https://t.co/sjrF2CQ6az

Mar 31, 2019 · 561 followers View post →

LitaVadaski

@LVadaski · X

#PLOSCompBio: From the Phenomenology to the Mechanisms of Consciousness: Integrated Information Theory 3.0 https://t.co/IqU1I4jFG1

Feb 22, 2019 · 77 followers View post →

ahf_ntwlkr

@ahf_ntwlkr · X

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Jan 7, 2019 · 215 followers View post →