We have defined the Conscious Turing Machine (CTM) for the purpose of investigating a Theoretical Computer Science (TCS) approach to consciousness. For this, we have hewn to the TCS demand for simplicity and understandability. The CTM is consequently and intentionally a simple machine. It is not a model of the brain, though its design has greatly benefited - and continues to benefit - from neuroscience and psychology. The CTM is a model of and for consciousness. Although it is developed to understand consciousness, the CTM offers a thoughtful and novel guide to the creation of an Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). For example, the CTM has an enormous number of powerful processors, some with specialized expertise, others unspecialized but poised to develop an expertise. For whatever problem must be dealt with, the CTM has an excellent way to utilize those processors that have the required knowledge, ability, and time to work on the problem, even if it is not aware of which ones these may be.

翻译：[翻译摘要] 我们定义了意识图灵机（Conscious Turing Machine, CTM），旨在从理论计算机科学（TCS）视角探究意识问题。为此，我们严格遵循理论计算机科学对简洁性与可理解性的要求，因此CTM有意设计为一台简单机器。尽管其设计持续受益于神经科学与心理学——且这种受益仍在深化——但CTM并非大脑模型，而是关于意识并服务于意识研究的模型。虽然CTM的开发初衷是理解意识，但它为创建通用人工智能（AGI）提供了深刻而新颖的指南。例如，CTM包含大量高性能处理器：部分具备专业化专长，另一些虽未特化但具备发展专长的潜力。面对需要处理的任意问题，CTM具备卓越机制来调用那些掌握所需知识、能力且具备时间条件的处理器（即便它可能并不明确知晓这些处理器具体是哪些）。