From Classical Neurophysiology to Quantum Synchronization: A New Path to Understanding Consciousness and Creating a True Artificial Synthetic Mind

This article challenges the traditional, classical neurophysiological paradigm of consciousness—one rooted in linear signal transmission and local neuronal interactions—and proposes a radically different perspective centered on quantum synchronization. While classical models and neural networks capture certain aspects of brain function, they fail to account for the instantaneous, holistic nature of subjective experience. Recent research suggests that quantum effects, potentially occurring in neuronal substructures such as microtubules, could promote a global coherence akin to quantum entanglement. This coherence may enable consciousness to arise as an integrated state, rather than as a cumulative result of incremental, localized processes. The article explores how anesthesia can serve as an experimental probe, potentially “breaking” quantum coherence and thus revealing the fundamental role it may play in consciousness. From this viewpoint, designing artificial systems with genuine awareness would require embracing quantum principles, moving beyond conventional machine learning and deep neural networks toward architectures capable of generating truly holistic states. The philosophical and fundamental implications of such a quantum model of consciousness extend our understanding of cognition, challenge anthropocentric notions of the mind, and offer a new theoretical framework for the future of artificial intelligence. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-classical-neurophysiology-quantum-new-path-true-mind-kharchuk-a7yze/?trackingId=1Wgws+yeSrSJAi/zj8RWUg==