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Can a machine be conscious?
Posted by:
Johnson
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Date: February 15, 2009 12:59PM
Can a machine be conscious?
Re: Can a machine be conscious?
Posted by:
Peter
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Date: February 18, 2009 07:11AM
It depends on the meaning of "consciousness". This is a concept that is very hard to define. Perhaps that a machine can seems conscious from the outside (e.g. pass the Turing test). However, is it really conscious? If the goal is to build a human-like intelligence, researchers seems currently very far from achieving this goal. In fact, a computer and a brain are two very different kind of systems. The computer is a serial machine and a brain is a biological system.
Re: Can a machine be conscious?
Posted by:
Terrence
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Date: January 29, 2010 05:12AM
Hello,
Just my opinion: I think it will perhaps be possible with quantum computers, when we design new algorithms for computing.
I think we can see the brain as a big computer. When the computer will become much faster, I think it can become a reality.
But it will open many ethic questions. Can we shut down a conscious machine? :-P
Terrence
Just my opinion: I think it will perhaps be possible with quantum computers, when we design new algorithms for computing.
I think we can see the brain as a big computer. When the computer will become much faster, I think it can become a reality.
But it will open many ethic questions. Can we shut down a conscious machine? :-P
Terrence