--- On Fri, 11/7/08, Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The question of whether a test is possible at all depends > on the fact that there is a coherent theory behind the idea > of consciousness.
Would you agree that consciousness is determined by a large set of attributes that are present in living human brains but absent in dead human brains? Do you agree that there is no test to distinguish a conscious human from a philosophical zombie, thus no way to establish whether zombies exist? Would a program be conscious if it passes the Turing test? If not, what else is required? -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=117534816-b15a34 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
