This study proposes a model of computational consciousness for
non-interacting agents. The phenomenon of interest was assumed as sequentially
dependent on the cognitive tasks of sensation, perception, emotion, affection,
attention, awareness, and consciousness. Starting from the Smart Sensing
prodromal study, the cognitive layers associated with the processes of
attention, awareness, and consciousness were formally defined and tested
together with the other processes concerning sensation, perception, emotion,
and affection. The output of the model consists of an index that synthesizes
the energetic and entropic contributions of consciousness from a
computationally moral perspective. Attention was modeled through a bottom-up
approach, while awareness and consciousness by distinguishing environment from
subjective cognitive processes. By testing the solution on visual stimuli
eliciting the emotions of happiness, anger, fear, surprise, contempt, sadness,
disgust, and the neutral state, it was found that the proposed model is
concordant with the scientific evidence concerning covert attention. Comparable
results were also obtained regarding studies investigating awareness as a
consequence of visual stimuli repetition, as well as those investigating moral
judgments to visual stimuli eliciting disgust and sadness. The solution
represents a novel approach for defining computational consciousness through
artificial emotional activity and morality.

本文提出了一个计算意识的模型，该模型通过区分环境与主观认知过程来描述注意力、意识和情感等各种过程。通过测试其在通过视觉刺激诱发的各种情绪中的表现，我们发现该模型与关于隐蔽注意力的科学证据一致，并表现出计算道德的特征。