mician@usfvax2.EDU (Rudy Mician) (10/06/88)
I have a question that I know has been addressed in the past (and undoubtedly
continues to be addressed):
When can a machine be considered a conscious entity?
For instance, if a massive neural-net were to start from a stochastic state
and learn to interact with its environment in the same way that people do
(interact not think), how could one tell that such a machine thinks or exists
(in the same context as Descarte's "COGITO ERGO SUM"/"DUBITO ERGO SUM"
argument- that is, how could one tell whether or not an "I" exists for the
machine?
Furthermore, would such a machine have to be "creative"? And if so, how would
we measure the machine's creativity?
I suspect that the Turing Test is no longer an adequate means of judging
whether or not a machine is intelligent.
If anyone has any ideas, comments, or insights into the above questions or any
questions that might be raised by them, please don't hesitate to reply.
Thanks for any help,
Rudy
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