Can a machine be conscious? How?
Journal of Consciousness Studies 10 (4):67-75 (2003)
| Abstract | A "machine" is any causal physical system, hence we are machines, hence machines can be conscious. The question is: which kinds of machines can be conscious? Chances are that robots that can pass the Turing Test -- completely indistinguishable from us in their behavioral capacities -- can be conscious (i.e. feel), but we can never be sure (because of the "other-minds" problem). And we can never know HOW they have minds, because of the "mind/body" problem. We can only know how they pass the Turing Test, but not how, why or whether that makes them feel. | |||||||||
| Keywords | *Artificial Intelligence *Conscious (Personality Factor) *Consciousness States | |||||||||
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