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Do computers have consciousness?

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RE: Do computers have consciousness?

December 24, 2013 at 12:11 am (This post was last modified: December 24, 2013 at 12:16 am by Angrboda.)

(December 23, 2013 at 11:30 pm)MindForgedManacle Wrote: As for my own views on consciousness, I'm not sure. I've actually been reading up on it lately and I'm, perhaps unsurprisingly, finding myseld arching towards the position of philosopher of mind/cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett, while still remaining skeptical of certain kinds of claims about consciousness.

I can't recommend Patricia Churchland's book Neurophilosophy highly enough. Beyond that, Dennett's Consciousness Explained, Elbow Room, and Antonio Damasio's Self Comes To Mind.

(Oh, and read Searle's original 1980 paper. Minds, Brains, and Programs I think?)

http://web.archive.org/web/2007121004331...grams.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room

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Do computers have consciousness? - by The Reality Salesman - December 23, 2013 at 1:15 pm

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