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'''UNICE''', a global brain project, is an acronym for '''Universal Network of Intelligent Conscious Entities.''' The term was originally coined by public policy analyst Michael E. Arth in the 1990s to describe the transformation of our species that will likely emerge from a new form of intelligent life developed from a hive-like interaction of computers, humans, and future forms of the Internet.<ref>Arth, Michael E., ''UNICE,'' a Consciousness Research Abstract published in the "Journal of Consciousness Studies" for the April 8–12, 2008 conference, "Toward a Science of Consciousness," p. 151.</ref> <ref>Arth, Michael E., ''Democracy and the Common Wealth: Breaking the Stranglehold of the Special Interests,'' Golden Apples Media, 2010, ISBN 978-0-912467-12-2.pp. 438-439</ref>  More recently, the term refers to this public policy wiki. <ref>An abstract about UNICE to be presented at the Global Brain Conference, Vienna, Austria, June 2015, can be found here:  http://globalbraininstitute.github.io/vienna2015/speakers/arth/</ref>  

LOGOS/UNICE is an independent, not-for-profit organization consisting of three branches currently in development, and a fourth branch that will evolve along with the capabilities of artificial intelligence : Seed Topics and Collaborative Topics at UNICE can be written and edited anonymously by any motivated person.  LOGOS will host a further refinement of collaborative topics into Expert Topics by a panel of non-anonymous policy analysts, who must reveal any potential conflict of interest. All iterations will be available on LOGOS and UNICE in the history of edits. The fourth branch, which includes an interactive, conversational entity will come later.

 

'''2. Collaborative Topic:''' A seed topic is duplicated and then transformed into an editable collaborative topic in a separate wiki article on UNICEwiki. It can be modified by anyone willing to follow the goal of helping to bring the greatest good to the greatest number in the most efficient manner possible, who can also make evidence-based edits. Anyone will be able to examine UNICE’s analyses, and provide summaries, criticism and other interactive services at UNICEwiki.org. All commentary or discussion must go on the talk page.<ref>[http://unice.info/unice/topics.html Collaborative-UNICE topic]</ref>

'''3. Expert Topic:''' A collaborative topic that is transferred to LOGOS and edited by a panel of non-anonymous public policy experts, who must reveal any conflict of interest.   

'''4. Cognitive LOGOS''' will utilize various forms of AI and Artificial general intelligence (AGI) in collaboration with motivated humans. She will eventually take the Seed, Collaborative, and Expert Topics in all of their iterations, along with everything she can glean from all other sources, and write her own version of the topic. It is from this that a fully self-actualized LOGOS will emerge.<ref>[http://unice.info/unice/cognitive.html Cognitive UNICE]</ref>

It is assumed that in the early years, UNICE and LOGOS will be useful because of human-aided programming, but she may later become a conscious entity, perhaps united in consciousness with humanity.<ref>http://unice.info/unice/cognitive.html</ref> Whether as AI or AGI, cognitive-UNICE may use quantum computing to solve optimization problems that would be impossible to solve with classical computing.<ref>Arth, Michael E., ''UNICE global brain project: Creating a global, independent, public-policy answer engine that will facilitate governance, while preparing for and reducing the dangers of Artificial General Intelligence, so that we may more carefully uncover the secrets of the multiverse'', revised version April 27, 2015,'' [http://unice.info/unice/UNICE-ARTICLE-Jan%202015.pdf]</ref> Quantum computing may also hold the key to developing a conscious machine. Nobel laureate and physicist Sir Roger Penrose and anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff claim that consciousness is created by quantum coherence in the warm, wet environment of the human brain. Their previously disparaged theory,  known as Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch OR), has been bolstered by recent findings that quantum processing occurs in plants and animals, including in the microtubules inside the neurons of the human brain.<ref>Hameroff, Stuart and Robert Penrose, ”Consciousness in the universe: A review of the 'Orch OR' theory," Physics of Life Reviews, Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2014.</ref> Furthermore, in 2015, quantum computing was demonstrated at room temperature in ultra-pure silicon-28, using voltage generators instead of expensive, high-frequency microwave sources. As a result, the low cost manufacturing of quantum computers, using technology similar to classical computers, may soon be possible.<ref>Gutro, Rob, “Electrical control of quantum bits in silicon paves the way to large quantum computers,” PhysOrg, April 10, 2015. http://phys.org/news/2015-04-electrical-quantum-bits-silicon-paves.html</ref> In other research, it has been shown that all-photonic quantum repeaters will allow quantum cryptography over long distances. Taken together, these discoveries will lead to secure private communications and universal quantum computing. If consciousness is produced by quantum processes, this may also allow the emergence of a global mind and self-aware Internet. <ref>“Quantum cryptography at the speed of light: Researchers design first all-photonic repeaters” PhysOrg, April 15, 2015. phys.org</ref> Even if computers never become conscious, they will still become progressively more useful at helping humans govern themselves. So having a public policy wiki, even if it doesn't become self aware, is still a good start.