AIxPAC 2023 - Preface to the 1st Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Perception and Artificial Consciousness

The AIxPAC workshop aims to bring together researchers from academia and industry to discuss the latest advancements in AI for perception and consciousness. The workshop features presentations from experts on the physicalist ontology of consciousness, artificial consciousness, colour perception, and computer vision. Some research questions are addressed in AIxPAC: Can a visual perception system be embedded into machines? How accurately does AI tackle visual attention processes? What is the relation between attention and consciousness? Can AI architectures and approaches be used to design Artificial Consciousness? What are the pros and cons of Large Language Models? The given research questions foster multidisciplinary contributions and several critical readings for the given topics.