--- On Tue, 11/11/08, Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> Would a program be conscious if it passes the Turing
> >> test? If not, what else is required?
> >>
> >> No.
> >>
> >> An understanding of what consciousness actually is, for
> >> starters.
> >
> > It is a belief.
>
> No it is not.
>
> And that statement ("It is a belief") is a cop-out theory.
No. Depending on your definition of consciousness, there is either an objective
test for it or not. If consciousness results in an observable difference in
behavior, then a machine that passes the Turing test must be conscious because
there is no observable difference between it and a human. Or, if consciousness
is not observable, then you must admit that the brain does something that
cannot be explained by the known (computable) laws of physics. You conveniently
avoid this inconsistency by refusing to define what you mean by consciousness.
That is a cop-out.
-- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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