Test for Machine Consciousness Has an Audience Problem(nautil.us)
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Test for Machine Consciousness Has an Audience Problem
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How can machine consciousness cannot be different from human consciousness? How can we say that when we cannot even define consciousness.
Exactly. You cannot create a convincing test for what you cannot define.
So, this proposed test is just a thought experiment demonstrating the pointlessness of the question. At least I hope that was the intent. If they really thought they had something, that would just be sad.
So, this proposed test is just a thought experiment demonstrating the pointlessness of the question. At least I hope that was the intent. If they really thought they had something, that would just be sad.
The article seems to have forgotten that the Turing Test isn’t really a test, but a tautology: Turing was saying that if a machine can converse like a human, then it is intelligent, because the most fundamental aspect of human intelligence is our ability to communicate.